2009 A.J. Adam Hofberg Riesling Spätlese

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  5/27/2023 - Morten & Morten Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Perfectly matured, still fresh acidity. All you need In a Spatlese. Now or hold

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  2/5/2022 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Prior bottle was only three months ago, so my notes were unsurprisingly consistent. White peach, white pineapple and floral notes on the nose. Medium bodied with white peach and touch a white apple upfront, moving quickly to yellow peach and pineapple through the middle. There's a variety of other tropical notes starting to come in now including mango and guava (as it warms). Starts to moves towards golden tropical qualities but the acidity along with the tart orange and other citrus notes on the backside provide the needed balance. There are still enough tart qualities, acidity and general contrasting notes to allow this wine to show a good deal of complexity. From chilled through room temperature, the evolving flavor profile is very enjoyable. Should be able to hold a high level for a number of additional years, but this particular high-point phase is best enjoyed over the next three years or so.

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  10/31/2021 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Prior bottle was only two weeks ago, so my notes were virtually identical. Floral notes along with white peach and apple on the nose. Medium bodied with white peach and apple upfront, moving to yellow peach and some gold peach through the middle, along with a variety of tropical notes. Good combination of tart whitefruit notes, citrus and acidity on the backside provide contrast and backbone. Still has a nice liveliness to the acidity and tart qualities and overall, shows good balance. The fruit notes were perhaps not quite as well defined as my prior bottle, but this one was served a bit warmer. Should be able to continue to hold this level and I'll save my next bottle for late Q2 2022, possibly June.

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  10/13/2021 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 93 Points

  White peach, apple and tart pineapple on the nose. There's a very interesting mix of tart, acidity driven notes as well as richer, more open fruit notes on the nose. Medium bodied (7.5% ABV) with a mixture of white peach, tart peach and yellow peach upfront, along with some background apple qualities. Mid-body has richness, with more depth of fruit (especially golden peach and pineapple). Has tart tropical qualities as well as orange citrus notes on the backside. Acidity provides good backside balance, but as other reviewers have noted, this vintage is more fruit driven and while the acidity is a positive presence, it's not as wonderfully intense as it can be (and has been in other vintages). This wine is currently in a very good spot with enough structural qualities to keep the fruit lithe and expressive, rather than heavy and honeyed. Feels like it can hold up for some time, but no reason to delay and I may open another bottle very soon, given the proper occasion and at the very latest by June 2022.

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  12/21/2020 - LW31 wrote:

  Quite forward, succulent apricot and yellow stone fruit. It’s ripe but not overwhelming. Finish is a touch short and cloying as you might expect in this vintage. Worked with Szechuan though.

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