Community Tasting Note
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El_Dougo Likes this wine: 90 points
June 30, 2022 - Discover GG Rieslings, Germany’s Very Own Grand Crus (Hong Kong): From Nahe, Germany, a region that is warmer than Mosel and whose rock / soil type runs the entire range.
This particularly wine comes from red volcanic soil leading to lots of minerality. Vines 25-30 yrs old. Fermented in classic oak barrels.
Pale lemon in glass, warmer climate likely leading to the slightly more gold intensity than previous Mosel wine.
Nose more intense with flinty, petrol aroma attributed to volcanic igneous rock. Touch of toast from oak barrels (note: not vanilla, which would be from newer oak).
Palate: High acidity. Ripe Thai lemon, apricot, ripe peaches. More stone fruit because warmer climate.
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2 Comments
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fc1910 commented:
7/27/22, 9:39 AM - Hi El-Dougo,
nice tasting notes!
Vines are much older on average, especially from the top estates Schäfer-Fröhlich and Dönnhoff.
Think it will be difficult to purchase a Schneider Felsenberg from Bad Sobernheim in your country,
the other bottles in your tasting are a bit away from the floor of the Felsenberg,
so in my view your instructor has not chosen the right bottles, maybe due the complicated purchase situation in the New World,
Ölberg and Schlossberg from Vollrads are completely different and definetily NOT the same level,
and Kastanienbusch from Birkweiler....... a very great vineyard from the south Pfalz with complitely different structure and floor can not be compared with this energetic volcanic Riesling from Schlossböckelheim,
sorry for my maybe impolite comment, but just got one of these great ones in my glass.......,
cheers from Hamburg -
El_Dougo commented:
8/3/22, 4:11 AM - Hi fc1910,
Thanks very much for your note. I think you’re right that acquiring these wines for our class in Hong Kong was likely difficult. I’ll also add that Riesling is the newest and hardest of wines for me to understand, which may also be reflected in my notes. That said, it’s a great new appellation for me to learn.
Cheers from Hong Kong and thanks again for your comments.
Doug