2006 Weingut Knoll Riesling Beerenauslese Pfaffenberg

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 98 points

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  3/1/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Retail $75. I dove deep into the recesses of my cellar, looking for a dessert wine (which we rarely drink any more) and, naturally, the wine I was searching was not there. So I grabbed this, thinking that an almost 16-year-old wine was likely ready to drink. After I popped the cork, I saw that the normally fairly conservative users here on Cellar Tracker said this could use another 15 years or so. Oops. Beyond golden and well on its way to amber, this wine has one of the more remarkable noses I have experienced in quite some time: petrol, sure, but in the background, behind luscious dried apricot, ripe citrus, marzipan, a host of spices (cinnamon, clove), and honey, whoa the honey. On the palate, however? This exceeds all the expectations that the nose so carelessly exuded. Holy cow. This is the best Late Harvest Riesling I remember having and without a doubt one of the best dessert wines that has ever crossed these lips. Yowza.

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