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| Drinking window: Drink between 2016 and 2025 (based on 13 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 78 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jayw on 3/8/2024: Fantastic dry Riesling. Rich peach flavor without the sweetness, just a touch of honey. Great depth and precision. Medium body, tart acidity with lemon zest, limestone, petrol, and some grassy notes. Exceptionally long, zesty finish with some aromatic herbal notes. May be at its peak now. (186 views) | | | Tasted by Mossrose on 3/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Crisp, dry, lovely nose of honey, citrus, and peach. Delicious still after being opened for 6 days. (813 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 2/27/2023 & rated 91 points: Russk. Andrea brought to CDC at Johns. The white WOTN. Not sweet. I like this producer. (824 views) | | | Tasted by mdanyc on 1/7/2023 & rated 90 points: Getting towards the end of our case now, very consistent. Citrus, nicely acidic but not overpowering, complimentary to just about any food. On to the 2013! (815 views) | | | Tasted by Aravind Asok on 10/16/2022: Pop and pour yesterday. Lieser Niederberg-Helden, though iy doesn't appear on the front of the label. So good. On the nose: peach, leafy green. melon, lime, wet stone. On the palate: a touch of honey, loads of guava, sweet peach, and pink grapefruit, with a nice mineral backbone. Long, juicy finish. With couscous and harissa chickpeas. Yum. (1067 views) | | | Tasted by MadeiraLev on 8/12/2022 & rated 92 points: Classic Riesling - aging beautifully. Citrus, melon, and subtle organics combine to make a lovely experience. Great balance! (1064 views) | | | Tasted by Hampe on 4/2/2022 & rated 91 points: Kort not. Gul färg. Doft av petroleum, honun, citrus och tropisk frukt. Frisk syra, sötma. Lång smak. (1107 views) | | | Tasted by wgmccallum on 1/30/2022 & rated 94 points: Light gold. Honey, golden raisins, nectarines, petrol on the nose. Off dry, lovely balance and spread on the palate, crisp, vibrant and rich, medium bodied in a bright acid frame that contains the sweetness, very long finish. Intense sweet concentration at the back. Really delicious. (1130 views) | | | Tasted by wmccone54 on 12/10/2021 & rated 92 points: I just love this label, outstanding from vintage to vintage. I did a very detailed note back in April 2020; this continues to develop. Shows a rich texture; a variety of pronounced fruit clusters (tart green citrus, ripe white stone fruits, and juicy orchard yellow fruits); petrol and mineral complexity; and a wonderful acidic backbone. Laser focused. Ends very long and fresh. Seems to have enough presence to age for another 5+ years. Excellent. (1122 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 9/12/2021: This was great! A Garagiste bottle that lives up to the hype! Tropical fruit, lemon, and a richness that isn't usually found in a German Riesling. The dry Spatlese is a fantastic idea and this was really well executed. (2210 views) | | | Tasted by winchester-xi on 7/1/2021: Drinking beautifully now. (1341 views) | | | Tasted by 2caveman on 6/10/2021 & rated 92 points: Consistent notes. Holding up beautifully. Delightful as apéro and with se Asian meal (1207 views) | | | Tasted by SeaWine on 2/9/2021: Recall it being solid and better than the Kabinett trocken of of same vintage but unfortunately don't recall more detailed notes. (855 views) | | | Tasted by PT insurgent on 12/26/2020: Good classic Riesling, very precise and showing some age. (1425 views) | | | Tasted by vindictive on 11/20/2020: classic Riesling, excellent with years to go (1412 views) | | | Tasted by 2caveman on 10/22/2020 & rated 91 points: Consistent notes. In a great place with years of evolution ahead for those who can wait (1351 views) | | | Tasted by RDHudak on 9/26/2020 & rated 90 points: Decent bottle, with light petrol, pear and white flowers and white fruit.This was surprisingly simple IMO. Medium acidity, light body and moderate sweetness. I've had better values. (1265 views) | | | Tasted by itadome on 9/20/2020 & rated 92 points: PnP. No formal note. Florall (honeysuckle) viscous , overall delicious . (1247 views) | | | Tasted by winepog on 7/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Rich and giving (1191 views) | | | Tasted by 2caveman on 7/5/2020 & rated 91 points: Consistent notes but did feel acidity lost a bit of its cut, as I recall it. Still classic aromatics and lovely complex mouth feel (1203 views) | | | Tasted by wine247365 on 6/13/2020 & rated 87 points: ok wine, not too sweet, big acidic spine, went ok w/spicy Thai. Nothing memorable, wouldn't buy again. (85 = top of Good range). Recorked it and left it in the fridge for 3 days and it massively improved. The acids softened considerably. Now at an 89. (1370 views) | | | Tasted by Kriz on 5/13/2020 & rated 92 points: Nice complex nose. Some sweetness, flowers and wax. Great palate. Power, bitters, acidity. Wow! (1466 views) | | | Tasted by winepog on 5/11/2020 & rated 92 points: Lovely. Intoxicating nose, juicy fruits, brimming over with acidity. (1278 views) | | | Tasted by wmccone54 on 4/24/2020 & rated 92 points: I’ve enjoyed a number of prior vintages of this producer’s Kabinett and Spatlese Trocken Rieslings; the Spatlese is a big step up from the Kabinett. The color is a much deeper lemon, versus a pale lemon green for the Kabinett. The body is medium plus and more viscous than the lighter bodied Kabinett. Aromatically, the expected petrol is notable; with much riper fruits: apricot, peach, red apple, and nectarine with the tangy lime underneath; the Kabinett showed more citrus and green fruits. Lots of terroir driven wet, salty slate in both versions. This comes across as fuller and deeper, with wonderful, fresh and crisp acidity to balance the riper fruit. Extremely long finish. Outstanding balance, focused intensity, developing complexity, and lots of length. Should continue to develop with additional cellaring. Recommend not drinking too cold in order to allow the aromatics and flavors to show. I love this, but the 2015 version was slightly better. (1317 views) | | | Tasted by Lemari on 4/16/2020 & rated 92 points: Attractive composition of honey, melon, river rock, green apple and shower curtain. Its low alcohol and bright acidity enjoyably paired with a range of foods. (1319 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Sybille Kuntz Producer website
Synopsis: The Weingut Sybille Kuntz is a quality producer of Mosel wines in the Middle Mosel commune of Lieser, owning vineyard land belonging to Lieser, Kues, and Wehlen. It is owned by husband-wife team Sybille Kuntz, the winemaker, and Markus Kuntz-Riedlin, the vineyard manager. The estate covers some 6.5 ha (14.5 acres) but it has been recently expanded. The estate is known for its committment to producing high-quality Trocken or dry Riesling, unusual for its region. The estate has modeled ideal production of dry riesling by emphasis on proper conditions throughout the entire winemaking cycle--from plantation of vines to work in the cellar. The estate is not certified organic although it uses such techniques, but has no ultimate control over viticultural practicies of its neighbors that might affect its vines. The estate is 100 percent planted to Riesling; soils range from fractured blue Devon slate to slate admixed with quartz. Target yields are about 45 hl/ha.
The production of wine is interventionally minimalist and hand-labor oriented. Stainless steel containers are available in the cellar for wines that need a brightness of expression; some dessert wines are aged in neutral oak casks (Fuder).
The estate has attempted to reduce the great number of marginally different bottlings produced by most German estates, by making two basic cuvée: the Estate Riesling Trocken and the Gold-Quadrat Riesling Trocken. The Gold-Quadrat is distinguished by a golden square on the label, while the Estate Riesling has a green square. The two are similar but the Gold-Quadrat is a reseve bottling using lots of wine selected for their intensity and age-worthiness. When conditions warrant, a few noble-sweet wines are produced, but these tend to be lower in sweetness and higher in alcohol than those produced by their neighbors, giving a more Alsatian feel to these wines. Rarely individual parcel bottlings are made, such as the two marketed in 2005: the Riesling Held and the Riesling Scharz, both //feinherb// (off-dry) wines. Most of the wines produced are intended for use at table with food.
Website: www.sybillekuntz.de.
Telephone: (06531) 91000 and 91003.
Location of Gutshaus and salesroom is at
25 Bernkastel-Lieser, Moselstr. 25, on the main riverfront road going through the town.
The working cellar is at Paulsstr. 48 in Lieser and can be visited on Saturday.
Riesling Varietal character (Appellation America) | A short history of Riesling (Uncork) | Riesling (wikipedia)Spätlese trocken WikipediaGermany Wines of Germany | The Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) | How to read a German wine label | Geographical Information Down to Single Vineyards
#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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