sweet notes of ripe apricots and peaches. bit strange/short on the finish. ripe mid with a bit of RS. but lacking in acidity. This is fun but rather soft and benign. call it "happy wine" - but not at the price it is offered at!

One of the best mature rieslings i have had. especially at the spatlese level. Started off a touch musty but that and the kerosine blew off to reveal notes of autumnal leaves and pine needles. With time - even a bit of caramel. the palate reveals sweet fruit with spices, touch nutty, with a core of minerality. very light, and finishes with a hint of forest floor. long finish. Just an amazing experience.

I am the last person to judge bubly. it is almost never to my taste. This was light, with chalky and yeasty notes, great acidity. bit short on the finish. it was nice but i would rather drink a Kabinett.

damn good wine here. and i am not a big fan of the bigger dry Rieslings. Smoke and minerality punch you in the face, with sweet floral notes slowly developing. grapefruit and lemon peel are well balanced by the ripe mid core of sweeter fruit. a hint of spice in the back flows into the long finish. Excellent wine.

This suffered from the company. It is a much flintier, "lighter" wine, with more finesse but less power. I think in a different setting this would have shown itself better (or i should have tried it before the Pichler that is!) Elegance is the key here - with lovely floral and tropical nose and a good core of fruit ( pink grapefruit dominates) and acid in the mid. Touch of "warmth" on the finish - but not unattractive.

umm... am I missing something? the nose was pretty, with ripe fruit and cherry, the mid was somehow both ripe and hollow... sweaty blackberry and boysenberry greet the front palate and then the wine just falls off a cliff - the rest is "nice" but nowhere close to the nose and the front. Very strange. notes of chocolate (huh? char?) the finish is short... I would never peg this as burgundy...

mushroom, forest floor on the nose. great ripe red fruit in the mid - with still a youthful tannic grip. red berries and minerality come to the fore with time. amazing balance - i would even give this a few years before opening. delicious wine.

as Salil said - "Old Skool" stuff. Powerful nose of ripe black fruit and smoke, with just a hint of leather coming in. the palate is much "lighter" than the nose suggests - with black fruit being balanced by acidity and a great tannic backbone. Red fruit come to the party too - still mainly primary with maybe a hint of development. a bargain indeed!

excellent stuff! pure almond notes with coffee and tar. deep rich mid but staying very light on the palate - amazing balance. Salty fino-ish tang on the long finish. beauty! cant wait to sit and sip this over an evening.

botrytis very present here - nose of sweet apricot and lychee syrup, and some apple pie. dry mid becoming sweeter toward the finish - still very much a dessert wine. With some time - it showed more fruit and power - gaining tropical notes and a hint of spice. Sadly not as exuberant as the Goldert was, but a great wine in its own right. long silky finish gives it the feel of a well aged Sauternes.

after 3 days in a half-bottle in the fridge - the wine opened up a lot more. richer mid with better balance. amazing aromatics... this is still a baby i guess!! (went from 91 to 93)

WOW. nuts figs and fruits.... in the wine that is. dark caramel color, apricot and mango jam. on the palate - everything from red berries to lemon curd - spans the whole gamut of flavors. reds yellows oranges - the notes dance in a mad acidic rush. this is just plain awesome! Thanks, brother!