2009 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese Auction

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 94 points

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  9/12/2016 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points

  Sushi Taro Dinner: Captivating ripe yellow fruit and mineral driven nose, peach, apricot, sweet spices, limestone and a hint of honey. Excellent concentration, very airy, quite sweet and intense, bright acidity, incredibly amount of mineral and lovely long sweet finish. Drinking beautifully displaying exceptional intensity and perfect balance.

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  5/6/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote:

  2011 Simple Series 6: WOTN (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck @ Paragon): Alcohol :: 7.5%
  A.P. 3 567 142 19 10. Opened 24hrs prior to the dinner. This too is very tight despite being opened for 24hours, I got aromas of cheese, lemon citrus with ripe pineapple, rose syrup and honey mineral that is fine and elegance. I would expect more from the palate though. The palate is kinda lean at the moment but fine, with even better tension, precision and focus compared to the normal Spatlese though not as rich and showy. Perfectly balance between the piercing, huge mineral backbone and fresh, ripe acidity that lend freshness to the wine and made me feel that the sweetness level seems to be lesser than the normal Spatlese. Finish is quite lean too that build on some weight but not much, with pineapple and grape fruits aftertaste. I would love to see how is the evolution over the next 5yrs. Buy - Maybe, re-taste is needed.

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  5/6/2011 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  2011 Simple Series VI: Dave's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): Obviously good, but even though it was opened more than 24 hours before we came to it, it was still far, far too young to assess properly. The light white gold colour with flecks of green spoke of the wine's extreme youth. The nose was shy but attractive, with white tea, chamomile flowers, chalky flint and gentle white fruit spiked with a little lime note. Guessed it as an Egon Muller Spat, but thought it may have been a 2008 instead given the beautifully delineated acidity. The palate was even more shy than the nose. Rich, powerful, lots of tingly mineral on the attack, and then just little hints of white fruit and limes on the mid-palate. Really young. It was on the back-palate and the onto the sneakily long finish where the quality of the wine really came through though, with mouthwatering freshness and great delineation and focus as it pulled away with a flinty, minerally tail, almost piercing minerality here, with a touch of spritzy line and floral notes at the very edges adding a bit of levity. Guessed it as an Egon Muller Spat, but thought it may have been a 2008 instead given the beautifully delineated acidity. A lot to be impressed by, but just not all that much that was immediately enjoyable. Would love to revisit this in a decade or two.

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