1998 Dr. Loosen Erdener Prälat Riesling Auslese

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  12/31/2023 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 93 Points

  7% abv. AP 09. From a shop out west—purchased earlier this year. EYE: protruding, frictionless cork. The pour is butterscotch clear. NOSE: delightfully old-book smelling at first; then, sticky concentrations of apricot and linzer cookie (hazelnut, lemon peel, raspberry jam). MOUTH: certainly sweet, without anything heavy or sticky. Fresh. Saturated with deeply stained acidity. Ever more gain in aromatic depth, intensity and volume: saffron, now. (Post hoc, I read that saffron notes can be a marker of botrytis—1/25/24)

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  12/19/2018 - Nels+ Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Ist was er sein soll. Ein geniales Prälat! Leicht und doch irre aromatisch!

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  5/17/2008 - 14frimaire wrote:

  Bought on release and well stored, this was very, very young. But I just couldn't wait. It's showing some development. The color is light to medium gold and the palate has opened up and spread out a bit, showing mostly tropical fruits and some slate, with a nice spicy note on the finish. The aromatics were pretty subdued, but they began to deepen towards the end of the bottle. I've only got a couple more, and, ideally, I'd say hands off for another five or so given how young it showed.

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