Visit to Weinessiggut Doktorenhof
Weinessiggut Doktorenhof, Venningen, Pfalz, Germany
Tasted Thursday, August 30, 2012 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 3,047 views
Introduction
the mad "Doktor"
Truly unusual, delicious, vinegar apperitifs and digestifs based on Trockenbeernausleses aged in oak barrels and blended with herbs, fruits and spices
NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Feigen-Essig 93 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: Medium orange color with golden lights; savory, lightly honeyed, ripe orange, tart citrus, VA, dried brown fig nose; rich, unctuous, velvety textured, sour and sweet, honeyed, tart fig palate with medium-plus acidity; very, very long finish (Ortega TBA turned into vinegar in oak casks over 7 years, then mixed with a blend of roses and blond figs from Turkey and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Giacomo Casanova 93 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: Light medium orange color with yellow lights; very aromatic, lavender, thyme, coriander, cedar closet, dried orange nose with VA; unctuous, silky, tart orange, dried lemon, light lavender, thyme, coriander palate; very, very long finish 93+ points (Gewurztraminer TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 7 years, then blended with wild orange, lavender, cinnamon, salvia, thyme, cardamom and elderberry flower mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Armeniacum - die Aprikose 94 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: very dark orange color with ruby lights; cinnamon, dried apricot, smoke, forest floor and dried twigs nose; unctuous, very viscous, tart dried apricot, tart lemon palate with medium acidity; very, very long finish (blend of Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 9 years, then blended with apricot mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Engel küssen die Nacht 95 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: very dark, bricking garnet color with ruby lights; sour cherry, dried cranberry, beet root, old roses nose; rich, unctous, silky, sour cherry, dried cherry, spicy plum palate with medium acidity; very, very long finish 95+ points (Ortega TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 7 years, then blended with a wild cherry, sour cherry, apricot and vanilla stick mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Tränen der Kleopadra 98 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: Medium dark cherry orange color with light cherry red lights; appealing, resin, mulled spice, deep cinnamon, sweet orange, oak spice nose; unctous, rich, mulled spice, tart orange, dried raspberry, dried cherry, wild cherry, dried roses palate with medium acidity and very balanced; very, very, very long finish (Ortega TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 9 years, then blended with herb mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Samurai Essigtonikum 92 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: Light orange color with yellow lights; evocative, lemon thyme, dried lemon, dried orange, chrysanthemum nose; unctous, silky, chrysanthemum, dried lemon, dried orange palate; very, very long finish 92+ points (Pinot Gris TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 7 years, then blended with herb mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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NV Weinessiggut Doktorenhof Die Zitronenbraut 95 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Artisanal vinegar, made for drinking from trockenbeerenauslese: Light orange color with orange lights; intense, lifted, lemon, lemon meringue pie, light ginger nose; unctuous, silky, intense lemon, lemon meringue pie on steroids, lemon rind, citron palate with high acidity; very, very long finish (Auxerrois TBA slow aged into vinegar in oak cask for 7 years, then blended with citron mixture and further aged as a blend for 1 year)
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