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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 1/7/2024 & rated 92 points: Exact opposite experience than last February. This cork was a bitch, not able to fully extract it. Despite a small bit of cork dust, the wine was in fine shape. Beautiful levels of ripeness and acidity, pleasant mango and gooseberry notes with some petrol hints of TDN. Classic lower alcohol German Riesling will help keep me “in the game” today so I can watch my Bills beat the Dolphins tonight!! 92+ (239 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 7/28/2023 & rated 92 points: Full of green apple, melon, and oranges, sweet green herbs, vanilla, and slate, with lovely silky extract. Has the wonderful marriage of intensity and juicy lightness that is a signature of the amazing vintage. So much better than my bottle a decade ago. At peak, I think. (263 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 2/18/2023 & rated 89 points: Capsule and cork on this one were pristine (in fact, not experiencing a major battle in removing a classic “sticky cork” on an older Riesling surprised me), this bottle was certainly sound but lacked the excitement of previous bottles. Somewhat softer acidity definitely took the desired “edge” off the other key elements. Pleasant but not up to (admittedly high) expectations. (486 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 2/10/2022: Served side by side with the 2001 Selbach-Oster Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese, this was the rapier cut to the Wehlener’s cool caress. Not much further evolved from when I last had it 18 months ago, it continued to glide along its knife edge of acidity, buffered by Feinherb-plus sweetness that disappeared in the finish. It’s a classic Mosel Spätlese that will hold on for as long as anyone is willing to wait. (715 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 9/27/2020 & rated 93 points: Was going to take this to a Riesling tasting today but our host had a potential health issue and had to cancel. I tried to contain my being “more than OK” with that as I was elated by the thought of drinking this bottle while watching the Bills vs the Rams. This one is singing in several octaves, clean, complex and beautifully aged German Riesling. 93+. Glad to see others enjoying similarly great bottles of this! Go Bills!!! (566 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 9/4/2020: This was paired with the 2007 Schlossberg 'Schmitt' for my tasting group. I opened the bottle, poured a little bit, and immediately, and without any conscious analysis, pronounced "god wine" out loud. One sip was enough to show the very essence of Riesling grown on slate slopes. I wasn't so much tasting the wine, as experiencing it as a physical manifestation of the piece of the Earth on which it was grown. I could see a stony landscape, and my senses were registering it was if a phonograph needle was tracing among the rocks. I kept seeing and hearing the wine, rather than clinically tasting it. Discussion (not to mention the 2007 Schmitt) kicked me out of the moment, but a few moments with this wine had me back in the trance. Outside (we were social distancing on a gorgeous late summer evening, rainbow included), with a soft breeze, and the bats swirling overhead, I could have sat with this for hours watching it tell me the story of the land it had come from and the people who had brought it into being. If you have a bottle, I hope you can find a quiet place to experience what it has to bring to you. (733 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 5/23/2020: I cannot remember the last time I opened this wine, but no time like the present! Oh my gosh is it good. The acidity just ripples through the wine, setting off the primary lime zest, and developed candied orange. Pine needle draped forest floor emerges on the mid-palate, and a light patina of creaminess adds richness and depth to the finish. It’s frankly perfect right now, in a place where it compels rather than invites the next sip. (774 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 4/29/2019 & rated 92 points: Still showing great bones; just the tiniest hints of some nutty dried apricot indicating its age. But that and some forest smells add great complexity to the classic aged Spatlese sweet vs bright citrus and salty minerality traits. Delicious! (638 views) | | | Tasted by Rabaja on 2/11/2019 & rated 92 points: Oscillating aromatics moving between fruit (fat green apple and white peach) and wood ear mushroom, decayed tree stump, and petrol. Clean and precise on the palate with excellent verve and a strong acid backbone and doesn't show any of the secondary nuances I picked up on the nose. Finishes sweet and with med plus acidity. (548 views) | | | Tasted by chcook on 2/11/2019: this had a leaky cork, but the wine was sound. this has great balance between fruit and acid, but leans to RS still. i think that this will be even better in 5-10 yrs. too bad i dont have more to find out. really very good (592 views) | | | Tasted by christyler on 8/16/2018 & rated 92 points: In the zone. Neither too young nor too old. (896 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 9/23/2017 & rated 93 points: This is in a spectacular place right now! So happy to have a handful of these still. (818 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 9/7/2015: Tropicals in the medium-intensity nose. Lime pith, bit of chalk. Yum. (1570 views) | | | Tasted by Vino Me on 3/9/2015 & rated 87 points: Owned by Emilio. Very stubborn cork which crumbled. The wine had to be strained and decanted. Less sweet for a Spatlese. Notes of pears and orchard fruit. Noticeably absent were any tropical notes. No spritz or petrol. Lower acidity. I expected more from this wine based on the producer and vintage. 87 points. (1850 views) | | | Tasted by coremill on 2/25/2013 & rated 88 points: Lots of appley riesling fruit, and the sugar is mostly digested, with a nice biting tartness. But there's a bit of a burnt, bitter quality (not fully clean fruit?) that detracts, and the minerality is merely faint -- it's there, but you have to hunt for it. Decent but not up to the level of the better 01s from other producers. (2573 views) | | | Tasted by JesperR on 2/17/2013 & rated 90 points: Agree with abbulf; this is drinking lovely from 375 now. Very pure and very creamy, this melts like an exquisit soufflé on your tongue. Quite sweet, but well balanced and very fresh. Not a petrol-tank in sight. Impressive for what it is, and very classic. (2461 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 1/23/2012 & rated 91 points: Another excellent bottle, though not showing quite the same aromatic complexity and depth as my last. This one seems a little more youthful and reticent, but still shows incredibly fresh fruit seasoned with fresh herbs and slate, and a bright acid spine keeping it very refreshing. (2614 views) | | | Tasted by abbulf on 9/19/2011: Drinking beautifully from 375 now. Lots of slate on the nose, and I agree with Salil on the lemon cream. No petro. Very pure. Great balance between lemon and honey on the palate. Sweet for a 10 years old spätlese. Long. High class. (2085 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 3/6/2011 & rated 93 points: Outstanding Spätlese. Fresh apples, slate, herbs and lemon cream coming together seamlessly in an incredibly polished, precise package. Tremendous depth, balance and persistence with a sense of lightness I would only expect from a classic Mosel wine. (1772 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 3/11/2010 & rated 91 points: Reticent at first with the fruit tight and unyielding but a vivid, expansive rocky character showing from the first sip. Delicious as it airs and bright lemony fruit emerges to complement the minerality with really good balance and length. (1359 views) | | | Tasted by Chateaunewf on 12/11/2006 & rated 90 points: Staw colored. Fragrant primary riesling fruit. No hint of secondary petrol aromas as of yet. Somewhat muted and four square. I can't quite tell if this has not fully blosomed yet or if it is the S-O house style that remains a bit four square. It is nice and full with plenty of stuffing but not quite strutting its stuff. It appears to have all the elements with fine length and balance but is missing some deliniation that I would expect from a middle Mosel from this year. Check another bottle in a couple of years. (1852 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 7/15/2006 & rated 91 points: Showing very well, but still quite tight. Needs 3-5 more years for optimal drinking. Lots of apples, minerals and a healthy dose of petrol. Time, time. (1873 views) | | | Tasted by AndrewH on 6/7/2005 & rated 89 points: Apples and minerals. Much better on night two. Looking forward to night three. (2388 views) |
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#2014 Vintage Notes:
2014 Vintage Report by Terry Theise
2014 Vintage Report by Wine Spectator
"My gut still tells me the Saar (and to some extent) the Ruwer are better overall in 2014 than the more storied areas of the Mosel proper, but those that spent the requisite time living in their middle-Mosel vineyards made some of the most electric and "feathery" Riesling in a long time (maybe the finest in 20 years - yes, it's true!)" - Jon Rimmerman (Of course only a very short historical memory would call the Saar and Ruwer less 'storied' than the middle Mosel - jht)Mosel Saar RuwerStarting in 2007 the German wine authorities have changed labeling laws to rename all of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wines to just "Mosel." This puts this and other database driven sites in a difficult spot, as millions of old wine label reflect the former labeling. As described here, CellarTracker has elected to remain with the old labeling for a number of years to avoid confusion. At some point we will switch over to just "Mosel" but not for a few years at least.
Mosel WeinKulturland (Moselwein e.V.)
Detailed geographical information at weinlagen.info
#2018 Vintage Notes:
"Acid levels are relatively low throughout Riesling-growing Europe (acidification will once again be permitted in Germany – no surprise, as that’s been the case in eight of the last 10 vintages); but because malic acid was baked off or degraded by relentlessly balmy weather means, what acid remains is overwhelmingly of the efficacious tartaric sort. Extract levels are low, as one would anticipate from a growing season during which relatively little moisture was coursing through the vine’s roots and shoots. [...] Everyone is astonished how there could have been so much juice despite the drought." - David Schildknecht
"2018 is a homogenous vintage with a very high general level, below which it seldom falls [...] It leads with blossom. It is perhaps 80% delicious and 20% fascinating." - Terry Theise
#2017 Vintage Notes:
"not so friendly towards light wines" - Milkmansteve
#2016 Vintage Notes: "Overall, 2016 is a charmer of a vintage with much immediate ripe and fruity appeal, not unlike 2011 (in fresher) or 2007 (in lighter). However, 2016 is far from being homogeneous, in fact it is composed of a mosaic of vintages, a result of the freakish growing conditions. Hidden inside the vintage, there are true gems with the balance of 1997, one of the best vintages ever, 2002 or even 2008. The bulk of the harvest was brought in with refreshingly moderate sugar levels. Overall, the Saar and Ruwer produced slightly fresher wines than the Middle Mosel but there are great differences between Estates. The good harvest conditions allowed for some Auslese, little BA and even TBA wines, but some remarkably pure and fruity Eiswein.
In general, 2016 offers the opportunity to acquire Riesling with great immediate ripe appeal: The vintage is a true charmer. At the top, 2016 is one of the most exciting and elegantly balanced vintage since the 1990s and well-worth stocking up for cellaring! In particular, we urge our readers to literally plunge onto the finest Kabinett and Spätlese: These are some of the most exciting and classic we have ever tasted. 2016 looks also set to become a major vintage for dry Riesling, provided the aromatics are not overripe. Lovers of dessert wines will find much to love in 2016 as the Auslese are pure and the Eiswein are gorgeously fruity. They should however also keep an eye open for the remaining stunning noble-sweet wines from 2015 which are still available here and there." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 36, July 2017
#2014 Vintage Notes:
"The heterogeneity of the 2014 vintage carries over onto the aging process. The top wines start to close down, as one would expect from these wines which are a remake of those from the 1990s. The wines affected by gin, saffron and mushroom flavors are still comparatively open and offer a not unattractive Scheurebe styled fruit opulence. We would opt to drink up these lesser wines except for the odd bottle and bury the little treasures of the vintage deep into the cellar." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 30, March 2016
#2013 Vintage Notes:
"The fruity-styled 2013 wines have firmed up significantly since last year and start to show signs of closing down, making the underlying acidity seemingly sharp and out of balance. The better dry wines have come out of their early armor of smoke and tannin but the acidity may prove quite challenging. Quite frankly, except for some smaller bottlings, this is a vintage to lay down and wait." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2012 Vintage Notes:
"The 2012 wines have put on some flesh and go through a 'fattier' phase which is not unlike what the 2007 went through at the same period. However, the zestier acidity cuts through this 'weight' and makes the wines thoroughly enjoyable at this early stage. In particular the fruity Kabinett and Spatlese as well as the off-dry and dry wines offer much pleasure. We expect these wines to close down over the coming year or two. Enjoy while it lasts!" - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2011 Vintage Notes:
"A bit to our surprise, the 2011 wines have shut down and go through a quite difficult and muted phase now. Their low acidity combined with their maturity makes them feel rich, opulent and often bulky, and thus not really enjoyable. We expect that these will need at least a decade to integrate their sweetness and gain in harmony. The only exception is the dry wines, whose low acidity makes for great food companionship." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2010 Vintage Notes:
"After a mellower period in 2012, many 2010 wines have firmed up and developed a stronger smoky side. However, most continue to shine through their fruit opulence, structure and deliciously zesty but ripe acidity. This suits in particular the off-dry bottlings, which have more charm than the legally dry wines. Will these wines close down? Actually, the softening acidity makes us wonder now but it also provides further evidence that these wines will turn out harmonious after all." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015
#2009 Vintage Notes:
"Most 2009 wines have closed down, which accentuates their round and soft side forward. Many can still be quite enjoyable but the times of primary fruit with its attractive aromatic expression and a generous acidic kick are now over. Except for the dry wines, we would definitely recommend keeping your hands off any bottle in your cellar and possibly buying more wines from this vintage on the market as these are true gems in the making." - Mosel Fines Wines, No. 27, March 2015 |
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