2010 Van Volxem Scharzhofberger Riesling Großes Gewächs

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  9/17/2014 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Nose > Big, round, gently taut. Tart-apricot, creamy nectarine, with a drizzle of mineralized lime-oil.
  Palate > Big, broad, full bodied, with power, drive & elegance.
  Tart-apricot, nectarine, lime-flesh, Bosc pear skin, anise, red cherry & plum.
  Great length & intensity.
  The combination of intensity, length & elegance is WOWing.

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  9/17/2014 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The nose showed ripe peach, grapefruit, sweet spice, wax, and yellow florals in an airy yet gorgeously ripe expression. On the palate it played a sweet and sour act with grapefruit, grapefruit and more grapefruit, mineral stone and lemon pith with rich textures balanced by piercing acidity. The finish seemed to create a vacuum of flavor, which suddenly exploded into a rush of tropical fruits, spice and sweet inner floral notes. In a word, WOW!

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  9/17/2014 - Mlermontov wrote: 92 Points

  Riesling and Barbera: touch of bitterness from the long skin contact. peaches and apples, long finish. big but bracing. for me - i would like some more cream with those peaches. :)

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  5/31/2012 - Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Medium yellow. Slightly paler than the Alte Reben; slightly deeper than the "P".
  
  Huge, pungent, stony, mineral-infused nose. Amazingly aromatic.
  Really an outrageously powerful, intense nose.
  Lime/lime-oil, yellow pit fruit, pineapple, quince, lemon custard & blood orange. Tart-apricot, white-peach, stony citrus-zest, lime-flesh & nectarine.
  Slatey & rich, & both richly oily, & fresh. Starfruit, grapefruit, blackcurrant, Morello-cherry, & licorice.
  Some skin-contact, & very light, subtle hint of fuder.
  Complex, powerful, intense, Wow nose.
  
  Palate > Big, seriously stony bitter lime, pineapple, blood-orange, cherry-stone & quince. Quite dry tasting - seems just off-dry. Stony, slatey powdered minerals infusing every corner of your mouth.
  Steely, tight, pungent, & at the same time fat & oily.
  Palate is both soft & very firm & stony, also showing a hint of fuder.
  Finish is long, stone & mineral-infused key-lime, & lime-oil. Sappy & clean with lime-flesh, & citus-zest.
  Extended Scarzhofberger/Van Volxem perfume on the aftertaste, & almost as intense finish.
  
  A borderline Wow! wine.
  
  More power than finesse, but no lack of the latter (94+)

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  9/25/2011 - Stefanos T. wrote: 95 Points

  Round with amazing concentration, floral and spicy. 12g sugar.

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