Lovely Mosel nose of wet stones and sweet stonefruit. Hints of white peach and lemon zest. Quite generous feeling on the palate and borders on being a bit too sweet. Just verges on tipping the balance for me. The acidity is there for sure but this is just a bit too unctuous for the time being. Will probably benefit from cellaring.
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Sweet tropical nose. Intensely flavoured with zesty lime and red berries on the mid palate. Great depth and fullness of flavour. A touch short on the finish maybe.
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Howard Ripley 2012 Grosses Gewächs Tasting (Middle Temple Hall, London): Blackcurrant leaf aromas. Broad, dense palate with that crushed rock sensation that crops again and again in Van Volxem wines. Just the right side of austere but completely uncompromising: this is riesling with the dials turned up to 11 and a defiant two fingers to all the grape's detractors. 17/20. 2015+
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10/16/2018 - Milliontown wrote: 87 Points
Lovely Mosel nose of wet stones and sweet stonefruit. Hints of white peach and lemon zest.
Quite generous feeling on the palate and borders on being a bit too sweet. Just verges on tipping the balance for me. The acidity is there for sure but this is just a bit too unctuous for the time being. Will probably benefit from cellaring.
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2/20/2016 - Mameitagin wrote: 81 Points
Im Grossen und Ganzen ok, aber nicht mehr.
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9/18/2013 - Biggsy wrote: 88 Points
Sweet tropical nose. Intensely flavoured with zesty lime and red berries on the mid palate. Great depth and fullness of flavour. A touch short on the finish maybe.
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9/12/2013 - rossi.wine wrote: 90 Points
Well made, pure and precise, crisp and fresh, good balance but quite acidic. Medium finish, should be a great food wine.
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9/12/2013 - davestenton wrote:
Howard Ripley 2012 Grosses Gewächs Tasting (Middle Temple Hall, London): Blackcurrant leaf aromas. Broad, dense palate with that crushed rock sensation that crops again and again in Van Volxem wines. Just the right side of austere but completely uncompromising: this is riesling with the dials turned up to 11 and a defiant two fingers to all the grape's detractors. 17/20. 2015+
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