2005 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Auslese

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  2/10/2024 - Kellerkind Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Gräfenberg Auslese really is a class of its own, in the sense that it never dissappoints, crowd pleaser if there ever was one. This vintage currently shows a wonderful harmony between ripe fruit and the riesling petrol aroma. Weightless in its balance between sweetness and acidity but with the punch of an Auslese. Worth to mention that Weil also uses some of the best cork I know in german wine. This one was practically new after almost 20 years. Drink or hold.

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  7/6/2020 - Vino Me wrote: 93 Points

  Drank with Jim and Daun Lester. 2nd time I have had this wine. No formal notes. 93 points.

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  9/17/2019 - Papies wrote: 93 Points

  From half bottle. Five years since we tried this last ( Papies 93) and this continues on a great path. It alway svery nice to cross paths with these wines along their development and evolution, different sides tot he same tune and simply superb. Less petrolly, more exotic frutis at this stage, elegant, firm and carries the sweetness effortlessly. Easy 93

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  1/17/2017 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner at Osteria Langhe (Chicago, IL): #29-06. From half-bottle. For some reason in my mind, Weil has sat at the lower end of the hierarchy of German wine producers, and there's really not that good a reason for it (I can only think of poor distribution in the US, and somewhat high prices). From my limited experience, the higher-Praedikat wines of this estate are fantastic, and this is no exception. The nose shows almost a hint of the wildness from Mueller-Catoir, although it certainly is not quite that explosive. Tons of sweet tropical fruit, as well as a touch of orange and a smidgen of botrytis. The palate is very sweet, and this is much more open and opulent than the 2004 Doennhoff NH Auslese that we had alongside. There's sufficient acidity to balance this, but I feel that the ripeness here is leaning just towards over-the-top.

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  11/5/2016 - multimax Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Extremely enticing nose full of ripe stone fruits, some mango and also mountain flowers. Wet flint stones and a touch earthy minerality combined with a hint of paraffin and blossom honey of the botrytis. On the palate lush, vibrant due to the punchy acidity and multilayered. Then somewhat less intense in mid-palate before it takes off again in the everlasting finish. Wow.

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