2012 Dr. Loosen Riesling Red Slate

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  7/2/2017 - oropeza Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Green apple, stone fruit, floral, somewhat steely, good body and somewhat lengthy... really good value at around $15

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  9/23/2015 - Sanfoan Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Over the last week or so, I have tried to get more familiar with Riesling by tasting five different dry Rieslings. I had a couple from Australia (Eden and Clare Valley), one from Washington State, one off-dry from New Zealand, and one from Germany. My favorite of the bunch was the high altitude Clare Valley Riesling (review a couple of posts below). This note is for the German wine. My first impression was that it lacked complexity. For me, it was just boring. The color was light yellow with a hint of green. On the nose, I get a bit of minerality (not as much as I was expecting), some white flowers, some green apples, and a touch of melon fruit (perhaps there is a touch of sweetness on the nose which is where I am getting the melon fruit from). Everything on the nose is quite subtle though. There is nothing about this wine that jumps out at you at first. Even the next day, the nose had still not developed into something more attractive. On the palate, things only get slightly better. There is good acidity, but I could not characterize this wine as bone dry. Although it is dry, a tad of sweetness still comes through. There is a slight honey component to this wine. There are also some green apples. I do not get a whole lot of minerality (slate), maybe some apricot, some lemon, as well as some citrus rind. If I had tasted this blind, I would have probably been disappointed. However, since I know that this is a $13 Riesling from Germany, I think that it is probably a descent QPR wine. If I had to give this a score, I would probably give about 86 points. From my research, this wine seems to be getting quite a few scores at or above 90 points. Personally, I think that that is inflated. Do not get me wrong, this is not a bad wine for the price but I think that there is certainly better white wine out there around those prices.

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  5/22/2015 - rvrutkovskis Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Bright with lovely minerality and acidity; super subtle petrol on the nose along with lime, floral and honey notes. Fabulous wine for the price -- diverse with food, low in alcohol, delicious!

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  12/26/2014 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 86 Points

  Pretty dry. White flowers, melons, apricots.

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  12/15/2014 - christophee Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Lite gold with med-lite viscosity in the glass. Nose of apple, honey, flowers, freshly fired ceramics and lemon oil. Med-lite body and off-dry with rich minerals providing a strong sense of terroir. Apple, apricot, honeydew, flowers and wet stone on the palate. Sturdy backbone with balanced fruit and acidity. Medium finish. Solid QPR.

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