2008 Schloss Reinhartshausen Riesling Trocken

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 84 points

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  11/16/2014 - NoTrollingerPlease wrote: 87 Points

  Much better than expected. Nice fresh fruity nose, light golden color, typical dry Rheingau Riesling, medium finish. Good QPR

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  7/6/2010 - nalavigne wrote:

  clear and pale yellow, like lemon pulp
  
  clean and very crisp/refreshing on the nose. medium intensity and youthful with hits of minerality/chalkiness (also possibly sulphur), some green notes and lemon
  
  dry and high acid, medium minus alcohol, medium minus body, medium flavour intenstiry of mineral, lemon some other fruits like pear
  long finish
  
  very good wine and very complex. drink now.

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  7/6/2010 - Weston3220 Does not like this wine: 81 Points

  WSET Level 3 Part 2 Week 1 Germany (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): Clear, Pale Lemon showing significante legs
  
  A: Clean, Med+ Intensity, Developing
  Citrus[almost powdery vitamin/redbull], mineral, lanolin qual.
  
  T: Dry, Med+ Alc, Med Alc, Med- body, med intensity, med+ finish. Citrus, Lemon Juice Fresh Squeezed, not as harsh tho. Green Apple Finish/Chalky
  
  Conc: Acceptable, I did not enjoy this others did in the class, found it a touch out of balance. Drink now IMO

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  1/7/2010 - honest bob wrote: 81 Points

  Strong whiff of sulphur with a hint of minerality. Very dry and not quite in balance, reminiscent of the first wave of commercial trocken Riesling wines in the early 1990s.12% alc, which is probably its salvation, as the alcohol gives it just a bit of body to balance all that acid (I wonder how much sugar went in to get this up to strength). Basically watery. No discernable aftertaste. At retail 7,50 to 11 Euro, not competitive with the entry-level offerings of Künstler(Hochheimer Herrnberg QbA trocken etc), let alone those of good producers from other German regions. It is still depressing how very poor a great deal of Rheingau Riesling is, at all price levels, and it must be galling for the dozens of excellent producers in the Pfalz, Mosel, etc. etc. to see how a mediocre wine like this is so present in the (German) retail market and gets shifted due to the snob factor. (This bottle was a Christmas giveaway from a pukka firm of lawyers, which fits the profile perfectly). 81P

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