Community Tasting Note
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Henry Miller Likes this wine: 94 points
June 20, 2013 - This defines the Finger Lakes style: dry, slatey, with real lift and zing, and a touch of delicate sweetness on the finish. Textbook trocken, mit the faint petrol pedigree, but clean. Subtle flavors of quince, lime, slate, and spring flowers. This will age even further, and it shows what the AVA and Davis fruit can do.
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3 Comments
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Seth Rosenberg commented:
6/20/13, 10:38 PM - Excellent note. I ended up thinking it was more Feinherb than Trocken (with the Sawmill being more in the pure Trocken style, I think). Nice to find someone else who appreciates this wine like I do.
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Henry Miller commented:
6/30/13, 10:32 PM - I just tried over 200 Rieslings of the 2012 German vintage, and I am still unsure about the Feinherb designation. From what I understand from the proprietors and winemakers whom I spoke with, the Feinherb designation will replace whatever is left of the Halbtrocken designation. That said, Halbtrocken was never a consistent style. From what I can see from the Feinherbs that I have tasted over the past few years is that they are: 1)just off dry, drier than the traditional Kabinett Pradikat, but not Trocken; 2)they have higher ABV than Kabinett, but usually slightly lower than Trocken; and 3)they have more body and may be more unctuous than Trocken. That may make the Red New Davis more like a Feinherb, but I find the Red Newt in this vintage to be leaner, with a trocken like body and texture. Nevertheless, there is still some (wonderful) sweetness in the wine, invoking the Feinherb character, and making Herr Rosenberg's point quite valid.
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Seth Rosenberg commented:
6/30/13, 10:37 PM - What did you think of the 2012 Germans? I haven't had many yet, but I've heard very good things. What producers stood out for you?