2015 Weingut Günther Steinmetz Brauneberger Juffer Riesling Kabinett feinherb

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  4/12/2024 - Ingmars wrote:

  Over two days. Colour is about medium yellow, with some greenish elements. Nose is grapefruit and the same theme continues in the very nervous mouth. "Er zappelt", as Karl Koch would have most definitely said back in 1897, even without the spritz. Textbook zippy kabinett. That it lost a little edge on the 2nd day tells me that this is at peak and should be drunk over the summer months. Very good plus.

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  1/26/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  Drunk over two days. Light yellow. Ripe nose starts by verging to passionfruit which later mixes with fresh citrus fruits which at two hours are the dominant feature. Minerality is absent from the nose now (it was probably reduction more than minerality when I first drank this in March 2020), but I am getting hints at chalk, plasticine and wax on the nose at the two-hour mark. No spritzig. Primary lemon-grapefruit flavours have a decent length now, but with the acid being very prominent and the dry and pungent grapefruit finish, this is tasting more like a trocken than a feinherb.
  
  On the 2nd day from a half, this was much the same, but with a little more added concentration and length. Probably very good plus. Another five years nice drinking here.

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  3/29/2020 - Ingmars wrote:

  Light yellowish colour. The nose leaps out at you - passionfruit, lemon juice and a strong link to the mineral world. Although sponti not detected, I strongly suspect that this was fermented with indigenous yeasts. Faint spritzig. The light, almost ethereal body is proper kabinett . Full marks for the winemaker's interpretation of feinherb. Grapefruit-like flavours dominate mid-palate. Very good concentration, but shortish finish (though longer on the 2nd day). I'm looking forward to this very good plus wine developing in bottle.

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  9/19/2017 - OenoEd Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I don't know about "breeding", but this is one delicious and downright powerful kabinett: there's petrol, wet hay, lemon zest, bitter orange, and chalky slightly oily minerality in a very bright exploding acidic frame. I tried it with Maftoul with onion, chickpeas, shrimp stock and Indian spiced shrimp, and it was perfect. A bargain, and should drink well for 7 or 8 years.

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  6/23/2017 - winchester-xi wrote:

  Very pale with a reticent nose of lemon, lime, and grapefruit. Stony minerality and acid dominate, though the citrus flavors are pretty. A definite bitter note on the finish. Doesn't have the pedigree of some it's Mosel brethren, but very nice, albeit with food. Needs significant air.

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