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Prince Wine Store - Bank Street
Tasted Monday, February 10, 2014 by AlexGarner with 733 views
Flight 1 - New world Riesling (19 Notes)
Flight 2 - Old world Riesling (13 Notes)
2012 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Riesling Federspiel 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Exquisit floral nose with musk and wood glue and a bright and spicy palette.
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2009 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Terrassen Kamptal 92 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
Pollen and orange blossom on the nose with tight bursts of acid on the palette and a nice honey finish.
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2009 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Ried Loibenberg 93 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Ripe tangerine with a rich and super-concentrated texture.
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2008 Weingut Stadt Krems Riesling Reserve Kögl Kremstal 94 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstal
Lifted aromas of candid peel with a dry palette of honeycomb with textural acidity.
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2008 Franz Hirtzberger Riesling Federspiel Steinterrassen 93 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Dried tropical fruit with musky minerals and a depth of textural crunch.
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2010 Prager Riesling Federspiel Steinriegl 94 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Fantastic nose of orange peel and lime leaf with a concentrated and powerful palette of neat, clean-cut acid followed by a rich finish.
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2009 F.X. Pichler Riesling Federspiel Loibner Burgstall 93 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
A herbaceous and grassy nose with beeswax and dried apricot and a dry, mineral palette.
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2012 A. Christmann Riesling 94 Points
Germany, Pfalz
A floral nose with pungent pollen and candied pineapple and a palette of metallic minerals and bright, ripe tropical fruit.
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2011 Dönnhoff Riesling Tonschiefer trocken 90 Points
Germany, Nahe
Austere and restrained nose with a bold and spicy palette
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2012 Wittmann Riesling Trocken Estate 92 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Ripe yellow peach and honey on the nose with a dense and spicy fruit palette.
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2009 Gunderloch Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs 91 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Integrated green berries and white flowers with searing acidity and a massive texture. Big.
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2010 Georg Breuer Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling 91 Points
Germany, Rheingau
A big spicy nose of apples and plenty of textural acidity on the palette.
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2009 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "R" Roth Lay 95 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
This is a polarising wine with big dried fruit and honeysuckle on the nose and a bold and spicy palette with ripe candied citrus.
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2013 Best's Great Western Riesling 92 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western
Beautiful aromatics of rose petal with a nice structure that is elegant and restrained and a bright lime finish.
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2013 Best's Great Western Riesling Foudre Ferment 93 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western
A little closed still at this tasting, but a refined nose with a gentle herbaceous-ness that leads into a juicy, well-balanced, lime-driven palette.
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2012 Crawford River Riesling Young Vines 90 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
Chalky minerals and lime on the nose with a spicy potpourri palette and a structural acidic finish.
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2012 Crawford River Riesling Henty 90 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
A delicate and soft nose with a spicy, lively palette and a long finish.
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2005 Crawford River Riesling Museum Release 93 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
Florals still dominate this older Riesling with complementary secondary characters and a superb fruit palette with great structure.
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2011 Crawford River Riesling Noble Dry 92 Points
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
Hints of Botrytis on the nose with jubes and lemon jelly and a dry-as-a-bone palette that is rich and chewy.
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2012 Granite Hills Riesling 92 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
A mineral crispness with lemon oil and a very bold and crunchy acidity.
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2005 Granite Hills Riesling 91 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
Nice notes of petroleum and candle wax with a bright, bold palette structure and a very juicy finish.
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2012 Stefano Lubiana Riesling 91 Points
Australia, Tasmania, Southern Tasmania
White flowers and lavender on the nose with a big, crunchy, eye-watering mineral and acid palette that leads into a long finish.
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2013 Pikes Riesling Traditionale 88 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Citrus, florals with a chewy texture. Not the best for what is a pretty amazing vintage for Riesling in Australia.
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2013 Pikes Riesling Reserve The Merle 89 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
White berries and grassiness on the nose with a spritzy palette of ripe white peach.
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2013 Gaelic Cemetery Riesling Celtic Farm 89 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Rustic and relaxed with aniseed notes alongside white flowers with a ripe white fruit palette with tight acidity.
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2013 Gaelic Cemetery Riesling 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Apricot kernel and pollen on the nose with a loud acid palette that will see this wine last for years. Not quite ready to drink yet.
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2013 Clos Clare Riesling 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Stone fruit and stinky interestingness with a mineral driven palette with a chewy alcoholic structure.
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2008 Clos Clare Riesling 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Reductive kerosene with lovely buttery nuts. Coming along really well.
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2013 Frankland Estate Riesling Isolation Ridge Vineyard 90 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Frankland River
Musky florals with ripe citrus and a chewy minerality.
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2013 Frankland Estate Riesling Netley Road 89 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Frankland River
Ripe lemons and limes with a mineral core and a delicate acidity.
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2013 Frankland Estate Riesling Poison Hill Vineyard 89 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Frankland River
Ripe white fruit on the nose with a lively palette texture laced with white peach.
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2013 Te Whare Ra Riesling 'D' Single Vineyard 5182 87 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
To much gooseberry and tropicals, a bit flabby and not to my taste.
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