2010 Weingut Keller Kirchspiel Riesling Großes Gewächs

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  3/3/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 93 Points

  blind, from Magnum
  Typical Keller style, a bit broad and too sweet in my opinion but good concentration. Candy floss, and some tropical fruits. 93

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  12/29/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Birthday Gathering (@Private location, Sersheim): Glass: Zalto Universal
  Popped and poured. Clear, medium golden color. Clean, medium+ intense and youthful nose, dense, compact, complex and multi layered. Lots of canned pineapple and candied fruit on the one hand side but on the hand side never broad or fat, always elegant and lean with nice mineral notes and some garden herbs.
  Dry but with noticeable residual sugar with the vintage typical high acidity, that is perfectly integrated and makes this wine racy . On the palate the same density and compactness, some extract, . Salty minerality, citrus zests, some white fruit, herbs. Medium+ - long, electrifying finish. Full peak. 92-93

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  7/28/2023 - daghaug Likes this wine:

  Nesten helt stum på duft rett fra flaska. Men ikke i munnen! Deilig honningmelonfrukt før det blir mer og mer sitrondrops. Minner nesten litt om Cristal uten boblene. Hele veien en deilig frisk syre som nå er fin og avslepen, samtidig som frukten er så dyp at det nesten gir en sødmefølelse. Merket overhodet ikke at denne er fra et syrerikt år så smooth som den er i munnen må. Ikke grapefrukten vi ofte finner i rheinhessen. Helt super! Satser på at duften åpner seg med litt luft.

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  5/23/2023 - LucasTijn Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The 2010 Kirchspiel GG is showing well today. Spicy and open, with the usual exotic fruit exuberance from the vintage and the vineyard. Peaches and pineapple, both canned and fresh with mint, curry spices, light petroleum, lemon, honey and Mandarine. Ripe, concentrated, nicely acidic but very balanced and precise. Very good! Drinks well today

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  3/9/2023 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  100% Riesling from the Westhofener Kirchspiel vineyard. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind in a tasting of sixteen dry 2010 Rieslings.
  
  Somewhat youthful pale yellow color with faint greenish highlights. The nose is on the somewhat restrained side, but shows wonderful sense of purity with textbook Riesling aromas of fragrant white flowers and ripe citrus fruits, some mineral notes of wet rocks, a little bit of fresh red apple, light nuances of stone fruits and a sweet hint of yuzu. Despite its age, there are no perceptible petrol or diesel notes. The wine feels ripe, clean and harmonious on the palate with a medium body and very intense flavors of nectarine and stony minerality, some juicy Golden Delicious apple tones, a little bit of zesty citrus fruit, light sweet nuances of white peach and a hint of honeysuckle. The bright, structured acidity lends great sense of precision to the wine and tremendous sense of intensity to the flavors. The finish is ripe, rich and juicy with a sweet-toned yet still very dry aftertaste of white peach and honey, some spicy red apple, a little bit of stony minerality, light lemon marmalade notes, a hint of fragrant floral character and a touch of yuzu.
  
  A wonderfully harmonious, clean and tasty Riesling that isn't big, flash or showy - it is just a perfect example of this variety, having lots of all kinds of things, everything in the right places and nothing in excess. The overall feel is remarkably youthful for the age - the fruit feels very youthful and there are no obvious developed qualities in the wine. Although the wine is still miles away from its peak, it is still drinking remarkably well right now. However, I have a hunch this wine has the capability to turn into something magical with enough age. If you are of the patient sort, you really want to sit on this wine. When tasting this wine, I didn't immediately think it might've been a Keller wine - I just thought it was a textbook example of a fine, young Riesling that is on its way up. This ended up being my #2 favorite wine in the tasting, but the wine also received 45 points from the 16 participants, making it finish on 3rd place.

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