1989 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  1/27/2021 - prof b wrote: 93 Points

  This was a fairly recent purchase from a reliable source. I decanted this for about thirty minutes mostly owing to dinner taking slightly longer to prepare than expected. Regardless, there was a lovely combination of stone and tropical fruits with a good layer of sweetness and complimented by a touch of acid. The fruit faded away entirely after about 90 minutes though, which made the last glass rather uninteresting.

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  2/18/2011 - Jamman85 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  It was delicious with petrol, flowers, lemon, tangerine and vanilla. It had a pretty nice balance of sweetness and acidity without being over the top in either direction.

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  12/23/2010 - mxpbuy wrote: 89 Points

  Sampled 12/20/10. There is petrol on the nose and then there is overwhelming creosote. This is the latter. On the palate the wine is semi-sweet with nuanced flowers, tropical fruits and a hint of petrol. Not my kind of wine, although I do appreciate its ability to age.

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  12/20/2010 - cookie7 wrote:

  Petrol notes on the nose. Nice acidity with still a bit of sweetness on the finish. This is holding up very well.

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  8/21/2010 - WetRock wrote:

  EWG Riesling and Pinot at Yujean Kang's (Yujean Kang's, Pasadena, CA): This was AP#6. The nose starts of pretty musty but that fades leaving some petrol and minerals. Big and expressive still with a clean sweet tart character. I was surprised at how big this showed still and it was great to taste it next to the 02. Very similar in flavor though they expressed themselves somewhat differently. Very good.

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