2000 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  12/20/2005 - graemeg wrote:

  Winestar Offline (Paddington, Sydney): Blind. My initial guess was a 10-15yo German Spätlese. Mid-yellow verging on light-gold, there were some developed apple/citrus fruit aromas riding a still quite crisply acidic palate. Ripe and persistent, yet not obviously sweet, it’s impossible to fight the instinct to call it a riesling, yet it’s really quite a powerful wine. Its revelation as 2000 Schiefferterassen QbA (A.P. 0401) clears things up a little. A full 12% strength and from a tricky, quicker-developing vintage, it’s interesting to see how this has come together compared to a bottle I tasted 3 years ago. Back then it was still big, but pungent and brutish; after a little more time the colour has remained stable, the flavours have melded together nicely, yet the wine tastes no older. Good effort from Löwenstein’s entry-level wine.

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  9/17/2005 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points

  More developed than expected on the nose with some honey and hints of botrytis as well as an oxidative influence. Palate is powerful but clean.

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  3/3/2003 - graemeg wrote: flawed

  NobleRottersSydney - German night (Lucio's, Paddington): (cork, 12%, 04 01)
  And it gets worse. This wine is a very strong yellow indeed. All fruit flavour seems suppressed on the nose, and the palate is short, flat and lacking in fruit. I suspect either random oxidation or heat damage. Not TCA, though!

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