2010 Van Volxem Scharzhofberger Riesling Pergentsknopp

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  4/25/2013 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points

  Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2013-05; Beautiful Mosel (Germany) (by AW): Mild tropical fruits in the bouquet. On the palate very focused with a firm amount of citrus and minerals. Some honey in the start. Impressive and concentrated complex wine which lacks some refinement in this stage. In 5+ years from now this might show quite much better.

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  9/15/2012 - drbarta wrote: 94 Points

  Deep nose, concentrated citrus-peach fruit notes, a hint of butter and creaminess, refined minerality. Mid-sized body, profound attack with thick and intensive flavours longly developing. Lively, tight, vibrant but well-integrated and polished acidity. Densely textured mid-palate, precisely focused and impressive long finish. Clean texture with very fine creaminess, smoothly rounded details. True mosel flavours with elegant, unitary structure. Beautiful! 93-94

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  11/15/2011 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Poured out a small glass to give this some air-time at noon, popped back in the 'Fridge & started tasting this 8 hours later.
  
  Light pure yellow w/subtlest hint of gold. Lighter than the regular Scharzhofberger.
  
  Have to stop here, at the beginning, to say that with the first sniff, I became giddy with the immediate realization that I am in the presence of greatness!
  
  Nose > HUGE laser, diamond pointed, salty, stony, lemon & lime oil. Creamy, steely, slatey bitter lime, blood orange, key lime custard, & lychee.
  This blue slate baby is all about crushed rocks, minerals, slate, & stone, pungent quince, pineapple, & liquid rock. Crystallized slate, with razor pungency. Any hint of fuder is totally overwhelmed by massive, mineralized fruit.
  Monstrous intensity.
  
  On the palate > HUGE, intense crystallized slate, stone, crushed rock, key & bitter lime, oyster-shell, mandarin & blood orange, lime flesh & grapefruit pith.
  Freaky Ninja-Superhero-Frankenstein like intensity. Big extract. Big acidity. Huge salty minerality.
  Both laser tight, & oily fat. Generous, pungent, & severe. Screams elegance - turned up to 11!
  Giving a lot, but still really locked up. Seems totally dry, but probably isn't, & who cares!
  AMAZING intensity, complexity, pure class, & place.
  Smoky, sweaty blackcurrant, sappy, salty, & oh so slatey powdered mineral, & rock.
  Essence of rock Riesling. The unbelievably intense echo of bitter lime & stony/slatey minerality on the extended finish & aftertaste is blow you away amazing & unending.
  
  This great wine defines a great terroir, with a controlled crop, in a great year, in inspired hands.
  This is the type of WOW wine I love best: Gargantuan intensity, density, & concentration, yet so complex, elegant, & even lithe.
  
  One of the greatest Rieslings I've ever tasted, & I've tasted a few.

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