2010 Hermann J. Wiemer Dry Riesling Magdalena Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  12/3/2015 - ppaluszewski Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Truly phenomenal in every way - this will not disappoint. Showing notes of honeysuckle, melon, and pear. Beautifully textured, balanced acidity and overall structure. Long, lingering finish. Drinking beautifully now, but I will hang on to my last bottle for a little while longer. 95 pts. PJP 2015.

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  6/11/2012 - LSussman wrote: 89 Points

  very nice wine on a warm backyard afternoon. Moderately dry with nice fruity taste. Easy to dring and enjoy.

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  5/11/2012 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: 90 Points

  Tasted at the winery. Light yellow-green color. Bigger nose at first, and then it went into hiding. White flowers, ripe apples and pears. Huge palate: lots of extract and very ripe, but good structure. Golden apples, pears, minerals. Acid and lime comes out more at the finish. Salty-saline extract on the mid-palate. A bit big for my tastes, but still pulls it off. Oskar and I discussed the dry Reserve vs the Magdalena in 09 and 10. Magdalena is a warmer site, so in cold 2009, its ripeness was a virtue, bringing that wine into balance. In 2010, I think the ripeness was a slight negative, and the reserve ends up being the more complete wine. Nose - 4.5/6, Palate - 4.5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je Ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15/20.

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  3/20/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 93 Points

  This is the ripest of the three 2010s I bought (the back label says it's from one of the warmest sites in the Finger Lakes), weighing in at 12.5% alcohol, and also the youngest vines of the three Wiemer vineyards, planted in 1999 according to the web site. So I was expecting to like this one the least, but in fact it's performing phenomenally and easily one of the most delicious rieslings I've ever had from the region. It doesn't have any overripe flavors but has a fantastically luscious palate presence, with a creamy intensity that somehow gives it a mouthfeel oddly reminiscent of a nobly sweet Mosel riesling despite this wine's being nearly dry (1% residual sugar, according to the winery). It had notable persistence and was delicious to the last drop.

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  2/23/2012 - Matt Neel wrote:

  Dinner at l'Artusi 2/23/2012 (West Village): Pale gold, green meniscus. Big creamy, peachy nose with a persistent hit of lime zest; really dancing nose! Definitively Riesling; very lifted and airy. Palate otherwise: round and soft, fleshy; pretty low acid, but it's OK, here; melons and melony melon, plus some melony minerals; fairly simple palate. Good length of melon... A good wine, for sure, with alcohol well under control. I liked this a lot.

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