Wineflock - German Rieslings

This was a broad tasting of any German Riesling and we got an eclectic mix. We split the wines into a Kab/Spat flight (#1) and an Auslese flight (#2) though I'm not sure it was really necessary as some of the Spats had more apparent sweetness than some of the Auses. Overall a fun and educational evening. There were a couple of offbeat wines (one from the former East Germany!) that I couldn't find in CT and I was too lazy to add.

All wines tasted double blind as usual.

• 2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 92 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Group #4, My #4 - Pale yellow color. Full clean nose of mineral and petrol. Big juicy red delicious apple with good acidity and a hint of lime and sweetness.

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• 2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese 91 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Group #3, My #4 - Medium/pale yellow color. Medium nose of white fruit and mineral. White apple palate with plenty of CO2 spritz!

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• 1983 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese Flawed

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Group #7, My #7 - Corked!

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• 2004 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Spätlese 92 Points

  Germany, Nahe

  Group #1, My #2 - Pale lime/green color. Plae nose of white fruit with mineral hints. Sour apple, balanced, lighter acidity. Very nice.

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• 2004 Dönnhoff Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Spätlese 93 Points

  Germany, Nahe

  Group #2, My #1 - Pale lime/green color. Nice ful nose of ripe white fruit with a sour citrus note. Mmmn, serious bright spicy briar green apple with a hint of sweetness.

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• 2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 92 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Group #3, My #2 - Pale yellow color. Medium nose of petrol and mineral white fruit. Nice prickly spicy full apple palate with good acidity.

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• 1990 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Riesling Auslese trocken 83 Points

  Germany, Pfalz

  Group #5, My #5 - Full yellow color. medium nose of fresh sweet corn and green apple. Off sour bitter quinine flavors on the palate - puckering. Improved a bit in the glass, but still not very good.

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• 1975 Rheinhart Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese Eiswein 94 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Group #1, My #1 - Medium copper gold color. Wow 0- nice spicy sweet apple pie nose iwth a hint of lemon citrus. Nice baked apple, apricot, orange, and bergamot on the palate with good acidity and freshness. Much less oxidation than I expected based on the color. A stunning wine. 94+ pts.

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• 1990 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Riesling Auslese "R" 92 Points

  Germany, Pfalz

  Group #2, My #3 - Full golden yellow color. Pale nose of honey and floral - lifted. Big juicy sour apple with notes of lime and peach tart on the palate with some dry extract on the finish.

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