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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 38 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Morten & Morten on 5/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Perfectly matured, still fresh acidity. All you need In a Spatlese. Now or hold (938 views) | | | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 2/5/2022 & rated 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. (1043 views) | | | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 10/31/2021 & rated 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. (807 views) | | | Tasted by RGCM Gananda on 10/13/2021 & rated 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. (786 views) | | | Tasted by LW31 on 12/21/2020: 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. (1474 views) | | | Tasted by wineshlub on 8/31/2020 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured. Aroma of peach and honey. Rich mix of flavors includes pear, stone fruit, lichee, minerals. Peach and minerals dominate the finish. Rich, supple, bursting with flavor, complex, firm backbone, great staying power. In its prime, with plenty left. (1271 views) | | | Tasted by ELH on 7/22/2020 & rated 93 points: Paired well with spicy Korean chicken (984 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 4/28/2020: Missing a bit of the cut and structure of less-solar vintages (1235 views) | | | Tasted by JHSP on 2/24/2020 flawed bottle: Bottle was cooked - just sweet and acidity - no complexity (1099 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 2/23/2020 & rated 91 points: Good, fairly round, sweeter, with some good mineral undertones. EWG at Kapoor's Akbar (964 views) | | | Tasted by ELH on 5/28/2018 & rated 93 points: Paired well with sweet sour Vietnamese baby back ribs. (2677 views) | | | Tasted by jkoenen on 8/6/2017 & rated 93 points: Wow... What a glorious Spätlese!
Fresh, bright, zippy acidity, gorgeous almost glacial purity and lovely concentration of fresh fruit. Grrrrrrreat! (2619 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 8/13/2015 & rated 96 points: Light green / gold color. Amazing purity - wonderful fruit and chalk on the nose. Terrific texture and a glorious zippy finish. This is outrageously good Riesling. (96) (3475 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 1/15/2015 & rated 92 points: Doesn't seem to have changed much in the three years since I last had it; it's still very rich with an array of citrus, apple and some riper tropical flavours, bright floral and honeyed accents, and a vivid slate-stone mineral character beneath, with plenty of acidity to balance the sugar. Fantastic wine. (3609 views) | | | Tasted by ELH on 9/13/2014 & rated 91 points: Paired well with prosciutto and cheese. Light and fragrant. (3442 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 10/22/2013 & rated 91 points: Eatery: Bright, golden apple, jolly rancher; very zingy, electric intensity in finish; quite sweet and good acidity. Crunchy rocky minerality, tons of energy in this. A bit sugary sweet at this point. (3883 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 10/13/2013 & rated 93 points: Interesting trying the from a 750ml on a Friday and 1.5l on a Saturday. From 750ml it's in a good place with quite ripe white fruit balanced by a limey acidity. Quite sweet (not sure I agree it's an Auslese level of sweetness, but it sure isn't Kabinett) for Spatlese but I didn't find this cloying things there's enough acidity to keep things balanced.
From mag: much less notably sweet, with a more mineral note prominent.
This is by no means as complex or structured as Donnhoff's Spat's but for me this is just s satisfying (kind of in the Muller-Catoir Burgergarten Spat mould). Fabulous wine. Great stuff form Andreas. (2935 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 5/16/2013: Tasty infanticide (2742 views) | | | Tasted by ELH on 10/29/2012 & rated 91 points: Paired well with pork chops smothered in onions. (2485 views) | | | Tasted by essconsults on 10/7/2012 & rated 89 points: While basically pretty, very disappointing after several bottles of the Kabinett from the same vintage/vineyard. I have really liked Adam's wines, but this just didn't have the requisite acidity or minerality to balance the sweetness. Like Salil's comment, this seemed much more like an Auslese. Having had the wonderful '09 Graacher Domprost Spatlese from Willi Schaefer a few days before, this was nowhere in the same league. (2721 views) | | | Tasted by ELH on 9/28/2012 & rated 91 points: Light and vibrant. Honey, pears, citrus, and honeysuckle. Wonderful Riesling grape coming through. Dolce but not overly so. Alcohol 7.5% Paired well with cheeses. (1664 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 7/31/2012 & rated 92 points: Still awesome. Pure, powerful, long and superbly balanced. (2301 views) | | | Tasted by Kriz on 7/9/2012 & rated 92 points: Mix some honey with te right amount of citrus fruit, put a little coriander in it and you have this wine. Nice example of a very good Spätlese. (1660 views) | | | Tasted by Kriz on 2/6/2012 & rated 92 points: Wow.. Personally I love these kind of sweet wines. Flowers, fruit, sweetness and acidity. Due to the low alcohol you are able to drink a lot of this stuff :-) And it's cheap when you live in the country next to Germany and it's a 400 km drive to pick it up yourself. Boy, this is good... (1689 views) | | | Tasted by bambam on 12/31/2011 & rated 92 points: Very nice. The nose is typical Mosel. Sweet dried apricots with medium acidity. Actually, the acidity kicked in when I had this with pesto Ono and it was a great pairing. It tasted better with food than without. The finish was just a touch flat. (2226 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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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