2014 Weingut Günther Steinmetz Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  2/25/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  This has become the house white now. I have opened-up probably half a dozen bottles since my note earlier this month and there has not been one which has let me down. Two of them, including the one I am enjoying now, have provided elevated joy.
  
  Yes, the colour of the wine from the current bottle changes from a bright lightish yellow to a fuller yellow. Some other bottles have been a fuller yellow upon the first pouring. But not this one. What a lovely nuanced nose! Not Mosel to me, and it's not the first time I have said that. There is such a lot going on once the wine warms to the 15C room temperature we have at home, that I don't care for an argument about regional typicity. There's the subtle pineapple and cashew thing, with mint, blackcurrant leaf and wax meandering in and out of the olfactory picture. Gorgeously textured and concentrated mouth with layers of silky fruit pungency and off-dry sweetness. These two better bottles are now worthy of a fine rating. This has got its act together!

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  2/5/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  Lightish yellow, but medium to fullish yellow an hour later. The apple and then apple skin nose develops a pungent character over time. There is still some SO2 about, as are peanuts. Dried apple and fermenting apple juice flavours, initially. Concentrated sweet white fruit front, with browning fruit tones at the middle and a lot of grapefruit pungency at the finish. Layered. A very good plus bottle yet again.

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  4/8/2022 - Ingmars wrote:

  A lovely bottle. The colour is a mid-yellow. The nose is slightly pungent, but largely melon, with some citrus, are what come to mind. But the mouth is delightful and delicious. Not long, yet the pungent flavours are intense. I think this is the best of the 'very good plus' bottles I have had.

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  1/14/2022 - Ingmars wrote:

  Just over two years ago, I was doubtful of the prospects for this wine. I thought it might follow the unhappy trajectory of the producer's Wintricher Geierslay Riesling Sur Lie from the same vintage. While this doubt persisted over that first year, I'm now happy to say that, in line with my last note, this is drinking very well. Yellow colour. Pungent fruit with citrus in place of custard today. Soft entry. Pungent mouth and not bitter at all now, with nicely sweet fruit and good depth. This is a very good plus trocken-style riesling. That said, I do plan to drink my remaining bottles over this year.

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  12/15/2021 - studleytrey wrote: 87 Points

  Lighter golden color. Aromas of petrol, rubber, pear, white flowers, lemon-lime soda, and chalk. Full body, medium acid and finish, a suggestion of effervescence, and flavors of pear, lemon-lime soda, and honey. Just slightly off-dry. I'll have a little more acid, please. Not bad though.

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