1985 Renaissance Riesling Special Select Late Harvest

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  7/22/2019 - Slammin Sammie Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Deeply caramel colored. Past its prime, but still quite pleasant and a nice way to end the meal. In a real sense, the passing of an age.

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  4/30/2018 - aero Likes this wine: 93 Points

  375ml. Cork out cleanly, but certainly weak. Beautiful brown. Stone fruit, tree fruit, pie crust, caramel, honey, burnt butter. Nothing overwhelms. Sugar and acidity have lost their intensity and it is beautifully balanced, though passing its peak. Has another decade in it but not improving. Each bottle appears to be at a different stage of development.
  
  Grant Ramey of Grant-Marie Winery was Renaissance’s winemaker in 1985.

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  8/7/2016 - Slammin Sammie Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Incredible wine. Holding up strong - could continue to cellar for some time.

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  11/29/2015 - James Kim wrote: 94 Points

  From memory. Beautiful wine. Haunting echoes of honey mixed w apples, pear, herbs and minerals. Such a long finish. Great acid and in no way cloying. Just one great sip after another.

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  12/5/2012 - James Kim wrote: 89 Points

  Got this as part of a special on a mixed case. Unfortunately, there was significant seepage around the cork and the capsule was sticky. Fearing the worst, still opened it. Color is cloudy muddy brown. Aromas have a mild oxidative maderia like nose with tart apples, honey, and minerals. On palate, almost madeira-like (in a good way) - nutty with good acids, gala apples, honey, medium dark caramel, and meyer lemon. Nice long finish caramel-tart apple-citrus with some nuts thrown in. Definitely sweet buttressed by racy acidity. I like it a lot despite the oxidation. Really surprised that it held up so well given all the seepage. 89 due to the oxidation. Have another bottle that didn't seem to be seeping. Really interested to see how that is.

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