2009 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Forster Kirchenstück Riesling

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 92 points

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  7/29/2023 - Ernestas Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wonderful to experience this monster with leaner and bit more restrained Jesuitengarten of same vintage. This is packed with dense concentration, wow, few glasses and you feel you had a meal, thank God for that just as enormous acidity which keeps you wanting yet another sip. Pronounced complex aroma of honey, quince, peach, jasmine, spices, roasted cashews, touch of smoke and flint. Medium body, round, deep, densely structured and powerfully concentrated with as pronounced high acidity and everlasting finish.

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  4/9/2023 - honest bob wrote: 89 Points

  From 75cl, bought at winery in 2011, perfectly cellared and not moved since. The top of the disgusting cork disintegrated into dust and spongey pieces, despite my best efforts with an ah-so. Bottleneck removed with port tongs— surely this shouldn't be necessary for a wine bottled 13 years ago, sold back then for 70 EUR (more recent vintages retail for nearly 150€)? Decanted to remove any glass shards, served 1 hour later. Concentrated, lemony-quince-fruited, barrel-aged Riesling, reminiscent of Trimbach's Fréderic Emile, but with more fat and less elegance. I do quite like this oxidative style, but whether it was intentional here or merely the result of the defective cork I'll never know, and frankly don't particularly care. Bürklin-Wolf's wines were never cheap, but in recent years they've placed their products in a luxury segment which I have come to consider absurd considering the actual quality offered, let alone the outstanding achievements of dozens of other German producers whose finest Rieslings retail for a third as much as B-W's Kirchenstück. Oligarchs and well-heeled true-believers in the Rudolf Steiner cult will no doubt continue to buy, but I've now given up. 88–89P

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  11/3/2020 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points

  Gyllengul. Intens duft av grapefrukt, honningtoner, nektar, et snev av botrytis og marsipan. Veldig rik, nesten voldsom konsentrasjon, ren og energisk. Varme frukttoner. Det var delt meninger om denne - en elsk- eller hat-vin. Utrolig kompleksitet, lang ettersmak med gule. varme frukttoner. Servert for varm, dessverre.

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  9/26/2019 - aquacongas wrote: 92 Points

  Horizontal tasting of the27 best 2009 German Dry Rieslings; 9/16/2019-9/26/2019 (Concept Resling 14.09.2019): semiblind
  I love Kirchenstück of BW, but this was disappointing, too broad and too reluctant, I issed the slightly roasted nuts in the finish which is a remarkable sign of this wine. Maybe it is a closed stage but I think it is not the best performance from the winery in that years. The reason could be that they harvest Kirchenstück as the last one. Maybe this year too late. I would never guess this wine 91-92

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  5/11/2019 - m_arcon Likes this wine: 95 Points

  “Ten Years After” 2009 Dry Riesling Tasting (Private Location): This is a sleeping monster. In the beginning the famous Kirchenstück from Bürklin-Wolf showed not much but after a lot of air in the glass the wine slowly opens up and gets better and better. Quince and more fine yellow fruit, very complex and incredible subtle. Very balanced on the palate with a acidity which only slowly comes out and gets more and more sharp and precise on the back-end of your palate. Very long finish. Was a bit underestimated on the table imo. This wine needs time, perfect storing conditions and attention. Still potential left imo 95+

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