Mastodont: Mosel from 2009

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Tasted Friday, June 8, 2012 by StefanAkiko with 745 views

Introduction

We had a great evening :-) Even if I must confess to stop writing near the end... I ran out of stamina. Need more practice :-)

Flight 1 - Dry and non-Rieslings (6 Notes)

A good start with a wide variety of quality in the wines.

Flight 2 - Dry and Semi-dry (4 Notes)

Reinhold Haart manages to fill his wines with benzin/petrochemicals. Especially the first of his wines almost gave some tasters whip-lash-damage from the reflex action to throw back our head when you sniff something potentially dangerous. The cheapest wine actually stood up well throughout the night.

  • 2009 Ewald Theod. Drathen Riesling 88 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Non-Blind. Had immediately.
    Pale yellow.
    Discreet, finely limbed Riesling nose.
    Well made Riesling with typicity albeit in the lower regions of acidic content.
    Quite an over-performer considering the very small price.

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  • 2009 Weingut Reinhold Haart Piesporter Grafenberg Riesling Kabinett 88 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Non-Blind. Had immediately.
    Coming from the previous wines, the nose job here becomes one of detecting kerosene... Overly distinct kerosene on the nose affects also the palate in an almost foul way. However, on the palate this wine manages to maintain interesting aspects. A very interesting wine...

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  • 2009 Weingut Reinhold Haart Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 90 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Non-Blind. Had immediately.
    Petrochemical [M+] nose with Riesling fruit. The taste of this wine is very appealing. On the palate it displays an exciting array of flavors. Lacks density and focus. This would be interesting to see where it goes...

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  • 2009 Weingut Reinhold Haart Piesporter Domherr Riesling Spätlese 92 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Non-Blind. Had immediately.
    Pale yellow.
    Distinct petrochem and apples on the nose. Magnificent concentration and good acids. Lacking only in complexity.
    This is a beauty. Has all in place for some very interesting years to come.

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Flight 3 - Semi-dry (4 Notes)

Zilliken stole the show completely.

Flight 4 - Semi sweet (3 Notes)

This was the most consistently GREAT flight.

Flight 5 - Sweet (5 Notes)

A pity that Egon M:s Schartzhofberger was murkily corked - behind the cork was a monstrously concentrated wine. The sweet flight was ended as we introduced the 1989 Urziger Wurzgarten, full of "paint". Strange flight, as it turned out... But Auslese from Mosel are among the best sweet wines in the World... And at great pricing.

Closing

When all others left, I performed the cleaning up, dishwashing etc. My decisions to buy more bottles:
All Willi Schaefer bottles, the fantastic Zilliken and a bunch of the breathtaking Dr. H. Thanisch Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Auslese.

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