Community Tasting Note

• BillBell73 Likes this wine:

  July 19, 2021 - Leaky, crumbling cork or else I would have held this a bit longer. This is in a good place with gooseberries, lychee, citrus, and high acidity over a moderately sweet core. Endless complexity to the nose and very balanced on the palate, a brilliant wine that seems very young still. Wish I had another bottle tucked away.

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• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:

  7/19/21, 4:16 PM - Thanks for the note....down to my last bottle too, but based on your note, will wait a little longer! Next vintage I have is 16's so I will need to wait as long as possible!

• R2-D2 commented:

  7/19/21, 9:41 PM - I, too, discovered that my lonely, singular bottle has started to leak. But, based on your note, it sounds like it will still be quite stellar.

• BillBell73 commented:

  7/20/21, 5:03 AM - There is definitely no harm in opening it now but I will say that it didn’t seem advanced even though I had to use a Durand to get the cork out and it basically crumbled after I removed it.

• Sotto325 commented:

  7/20/21, 6:45 AM - Two personal observations:First, 2001 is an amazing vintage that will not really show it’s stuff fully for another 3 to 4 years. Second, I find that the majority of my old Rieslings have crumbly or leaky corks. Never a problem so no need in my view to open. Nice review.

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