Deductive Practice with an MS (Mosu, SF): Super mineral, ripe fruit, lime and floral aromas etched in stone and a fairly distinct TDN/Petrol. Not super aromatic though.
----------- (blind) Visual
- Clear, day-bright - Moderate gold, reflections of straw - no gas or sediment - moderate viscosity
Nose
- clean - medium minus intensity - underripe stone fruit - underripe white peach - underripe nectarine - not getting much out of this - generic white flowers - no herbaceousness - no signs of oak - will confirm on the palate - low complexity - nose has a little lime - a little saffron - botrytis
Palate
- Mostly dry - 3-4g RS - medium body - moderate alcohol 12% (close - 11.5%) - medium plus acid (amend to high acid) - no phenolic bitterness or tannins - beach ball, shower curtain, petrol - strong impression of stony minerality - no signs of oak - no signs of development - youthful - balanced in an acid-driven way - moderate plus finish
Initial
- balance, moderate alcohol, high acid —> Old World, cool climate - petrol —> Riesling - slight botrytis and moderate alcohol and relative dryness would take me away from the Mosel —> Alsace - German Riesling would be cleaner, more RS, less alcohol - Australia: clean and no RS (and higher alcohol) - Austrian Riesling - not sure how to separate from Alsace
Final
- Alsace AOP Riesling 2014 - actual: Mosel Riesling Trocken (you'd tell this from Alsace because it's a bit cleaner, aromatics a bit more refined).
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12/29/2018 - David_T wrote: 88 Points
Wet stone and lemon/lime aromas. The palate matches, dry clean and simple. Light-medium acid/minerals, drink through its 10th birthday.
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7/15/2018 - BrunelloBob wrote: 88 Points
Dry, citrus, oily, light
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3/1/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 88 Points
Deductive Practice with an MS (Mosu, SF): Super mineral, ripe fruit, lime and floral aromas etched in stone and a fairly distinct TDN/Petrol. Not super aromatic though.
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(blind)
Visual
- Clear, day-bright
- Moderate gold, reflections of straw
- no gas or sediment
- moderate viscosity
Nose
- clean
- medium minus intensity
- underripe stone fruit
- underripe white peach
- underripe nectarine
- not getting much out of this
- generic white flowers
- no herbaceousness
- no signs of oak - will confirm on the palate
- low complexity
- nose has a little lime
- a little saffron - botrytis
Palate
- Mostly dry - 3-4g RS
- medium body
- moderate alcohol 12% (close - 11.5%)
- medium plus acid (amend to high acid)
- no phenolic bitterness or tannins
- beach ball, shower curtain, petrol
- strong impression of stony minerality
- no signs of oak
- no signs of development - youthful
- balanced in an acid-driven way
- moderate plus finish
Initial
- balance, moderate alcohol, high acid —> Old World, cool climate
- petrol —> Riesling
- slight botrytis and moderate alcohol and relative dryness would take me away from the Mosel —> Alsace
- German Riesling would be cleaner, more RS, less alcohol
- Australia: clean and no RS (and higher alcohol)
- Austrian Riesling - not sure how to separate from Alsace
Final
- Alsace AOP Riesling 2014
- actual: Mosel Riesling Trocken (you'd tell this from Alsace because it's a bit cleaner, aromatics a bit more refined).
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9/13/2014 - bill00 wrote: 91 Points
Great youthful energy. Citrus and minerals. Really fresh and nice.
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2/22/2014 - indiscriminate palate wrote: 84 Points
Rieslingfeier (New York): Same wine as at this morning's tasting, and with a similar impression; simple, boring, meh. Chalky, lime, lean.
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