2011 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #5

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  9/6/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Mosel Producer Visits-Mostly 2022 Riesling; 9/6/2023-9/7/2023: Full yellow. Flowers and honey. Moderately sweet. Yellow peach, moderate acidity, light soil finish. Open and really good.

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  6/18/2023 - EhrlichDY wrote:

  Lush and bordering on Auslese weight and sweetness. Still it's just plain delicious with plenty of citrus and acid notes to make it work. Amazing mouth coating texture. I imagine these will get better from here.

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  1/22/2023 - Dale M wrote: 93 Points

  My last bottle was in 2014 and without looking at my note, I remember vividly that liked it, but didn’t love it. Acidity was / is pretty low, and it just felt a bit chubby. Well like a teenager, it clearly has had a growth spurt over the last 9 years. The sweetness seems to have receded, allowing the wines non acidic structural elements to come to the forefront such as a gravelly texture and flint notes. Add the trademark purity of fruit (I get a lot of pineapple) that WS is known for and we have a real winner on our hands. For me, this is ready to go and should hold well for as long as you want to keep it.

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  9/11/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My final bottle of six. For the $38 paid, this wine delivers so much more beauty, complexity, and intrigue than the vast majority of options from any varietal. 70% of youthful tension has now receded. It's rounding the corner toward smooth, oily, mouth-coating beauty. It'll further improve with time, but if you have multiple bottles, enjoy one or more now.

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  3/12/2020 - salil wrote: 92 Points

  Hasn't budged much. Very much like my notes from 7 years ago - still quite rich and luscious with lots of bright fruit, but a finesse and elegance that I expect from Schaefer. Still very primary though, showing no real development yet.

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