1995 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  7/31/2019 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 94 Points

  Zingy, tropical, packed with peachy/nectariney aromas. Brilliant gold. Nice all around friendly wine. Beautiful palate weight. Saline undertones. Lots of life left. Almost spoiled from a cork that had a really thin seal left in the bottle. Luck be on our side though. Very enjoyable.

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  7/30/2016 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 92 Points

  Still a lotta life left in this bottle, but will drink this again in less than 3 years time. Delicious with Foie Gras!

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  2/17/2013 - Rieslingfan Likes this wine:

  From the recently released parcel from the winery.
  
  Age can do many things to Riesling. Sometimes it is taken over by aromas that have little to do with wine, while other times the essence of Riesling is laid bare. This is one of the latter. Certainly the vintage, with its notable botrytis, has a hand here, but the core of the wine is lingering fruit overlaying a salty, mineral base. With the botrytis layered on top, it's as if the entire wine was coated with a thin layer of honey and then lit on fire. It's flambeed but not obscured. A subtle sweetness remains - this is auslese after all, and completes the picture, as it balances the acidity such that neither is apparent, but both are clearly present. This is at peak, at peace and a record of how these wines used to taste.

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  2/1/2013 - salil wrote: 91 Points

  Last of my bottles, but this wine is drinking so well right now that I have no regrets about opening it. This is old style Auslese with moderate sweetness and a lightness that makes it a wonderful partner with food, rather than being packed with fruit and sweetness. In fact, this comes across almost halbtrocken and has a lightness that I've struggled to find in a lot of modern Kabinett. Savoury, smoky and stony notes around a core of mature orchard fruits tinged with burnished notes, and so seamless. I wish more Auslese were like this.

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  8/9/2012 - jlm wrote:

  Full gold color. Herbs and tangerine in the aromas. Gentle, relaxed fruit on the palate, maturing flavors that give the impression of worn smooth and comfortable over time, like a metal doorknob used for decades. Don't know if that makes sense to anyone, but there it is. There's some moderate sweetness left to this one, and just a tingle of acidity.

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