2012 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling Großes Gewächs Alte Reben

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89 points

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  2/10/2019 - cfk49 wrote: 93 Points

  Note: this wine is a GG (not stated on the principal label, but there is GG etched on the bottle neck and it is also indicated on the back label). Treppchen, from red slate soils, takes some time to come around, but this wine is now probably drinking as well as it ever will (although it should also hold for quite some time). Compared to, say, Pfalz, this wine is sleek, stony, and nervy, but compared to other Mittel-Mosels, one can easily see the power and breadth here. Pure, clear, electric Riesling with plenty of stoniness and grapefruit. Dry but not painfully so -- outstanding balance. Excellent expression of Treppchen terroir. Great with fish, poultry, pork, cheese, or on its own. APN 6313, 12.5% stated alcohol. Cellared since original release.

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  8/17/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points

  Deductive Tasting Class with Tim Gaiser (Napa Valley Wine Academy): White 4 - Blind
  VISUAL:
  Clear, day bright, moderately concentrated straw with reflections of green.
  No gas or sediment.
  Diminished tears.
  
  NOSE:
  Clean, elevated intensity. Youthful.
  Fruit: green apple, underripe pear, underripe lime.
  Nonfruit: TDN (kerosene, white gas - camping stove - I had a nice visual memory here.)
  No apparent oak or oxidative aging.
  Earth: Maybe some rain on rocks / wet stone aromas (but it’s mixed up with kerosene, so I'm not confident)
  
  PALATE:
  Slightly sweet - 3-5g RS.
  Medium body. Medium alcohol: 12% [12.5%]
  Strong petrol.
  Terpenes (floral peach) on the palate.
  Green apple, green pear, underripe peach.
  Acid is fully high.
  Is there phenolic bitterness? I don’t know. I don't think so.
  Finish is medium plus / long.
  Complexity is moderate plus.
  
  INITIAL CONCLUSIONS:
  Old world wine from a moderate climate. [maybe this should have been cool climate?]
  Possible regions: Germany, Austria, Alsace.
  Possible grapes: Riesling.
  Some development. Age range: 3-5 years.
  
  I didn't note a final conclusion.
  
  Actual:
  DR. LOOSEN
  Erdener Treppchen Alte Reben Riesling 2012
  
  Discussion:
  Why not Alsace?: [TG: Alsace wouldn’t be as clean. German Riesling tends to be very clean. Alsace would be slightly higher alcohol, maybe have botrytis.]

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  10/21/2014 - aagrawal wrote: 88 Points

  Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting (City Walk @ Metreon, San Francisco, CA): Dry. Minerally; fresh; great acidity, clean, white fruit. Excellent but not superb and not my style. 88-89

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