2025-02-16 German Wein Talents tasting by ASOP and Wijnhuis Amsterdam
ASOP
Tasted Sunday, February 16, 2025 by aysunrhn with 58 views
Introduction
The biggest tasting ASOP has ever organized, collaborating with Wijnhuis Amsterdam they invited 9 young winemakers, some of my personal favorites, up and coming producers from Germany.
Includes wines from:
Julien Renard, Jonas Dostert, Jonas Seckinger, Alex Saltaren, Philipp Jaillet, Philip Lardot, Rosalie Curtin, Martin from Heiligenblut, and Lena from Lena Macht Sekt.
2022 Jonas Dostert Karambolage 88 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
These are the wines that were made out of necessity basically. Karambolage is 1/3 Elbling + 1/3 pinot gris + 1/3 chardonnay all 40 year old vines. Macerated for 10 days and was fermented and aged in 228L used oak barrels. Nose: fresh cherry, raspberry, cassis, almond, red apple and some mint. A surprisingly long length!
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2022 Jonas Dostert Gros Carambolage 88 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Both Karambolage and Gros Karambolage are wines that were made out of necessity. The difference in Gros Karambolage is that it also has Pinot Noir additionally.
During the tasting, when I asked Jonas why he doesn't have any reds he said he just didn't have enough to make reds so he put whatever he had in this Gros Karambolage. The label on the Gros Karambolage bottle is also quite out of ordinary: it has a Captcha that says "I'm human.". Jonas explained this as a reflection on the challenging harvest and winemaking conditions of the year, and he simply wanted to state that he's only a human!
Also interesting to note that Jonas himself considers both of his Karambolage wines to be roses! And I would agree with that.
Gros Karambolage is a little deeper, darker and has more structure than the Karambolage. The fruits are very fresh and juicy red cherries, raspberries. You can sense a bit of the oak in the almonds. Great length.
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2021 Seckinger Kapellenberg Chardonnay 88 Points
Germany, Pfalz
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2023 Seckinger Riesling Herrgottsacker 85 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Incredible QPR wine. Lovely flowers, and lemon on the nose, palate is ripe and juicy, mouth-watering
Apparently, Herrgottsacker means cemetery in German.
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2023 Seckinger Königsbacher Ölberg Riesling 89 Points
Germany, Pfalz
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2021 Weingut Heiligenblut Silvaner Attila 92 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
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