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Rieslings from 2013 - tasted blind

Tasted February 21, 2015 by drbarta with 292 views

Flight 1 (7 notes)

White
2013 Weingut Clemens Busch Marienburg Fahrlay Riesling Großes Gewächs Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
87 points
Sweet yellow fruits, some tropical hints like pine-apple. Medium body, pretty good flavors, but expected more concentration, structure. High acidity, a little bit too much for this wine.
White
2013 Horst Sauer Escherndorfer Lump Riesling Großes Gewächs Germany, Franken
93 points
Clean and intense nose of citrus, peach, mango, deep minerality. Medium body, feels almost light but has very intense flavors. Strucuturally dense, focussed with fine, vibrant acidity making it to soar. Long and expanding, beatiful.
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White
2013 Weingut Keller Kirchspiel Riesling Großes Gewächs Germany, Rheinhessen
92 points
Ripe citrus, stoniness, not so complex or colorful, but offers very good definiton, depth. Medium body, clean, concentrated savors. Densely structured with tight, vibrant but fully integrated acidity giving it development, focus. Balanced, polished, elegant.
White
2013 Wittmann Westhofener Aulerde Riesling Großes Gewächs Germany, Rheinhessen
91 points
Citrus, white peach, fragrant grape aroma, hard stone minerality, some mugginess leaving with short airation. Slightly medium body, intense flavors. Not hyper concentrated but has good midpalate with very-very crisp, refreshing acidity. Its fragrancy with its ethereal, electric character made me think it would be a mosel.
White
2013 Franz Hirtzberger Riesling Smaragd Singerriedel Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
93 points
Beautiful nose with loads of ripe, juicy exotic fruits. Full bodied. Fantastic depth of flavors, dense midpalate, very good acidity and length. Rich, appealing, full of power.
White
2013 Prager Riesling Smaragd Klaus Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
90 points
Elegant nose with citrus, yellow fruits, summer apple. Medium body, fullish savors with good structure, tightness. Long and balanced, but doesn't offer as much concntration and focus as the best wines in this row and for sure as the previous vintages. Still a very good one, but expected more.
White
2013 Alexander Laible Riesling Tausend Sterne trocken Germany, Baden
89 points
Ripe, juicy fruits with some exotic hints. Pure, flavorful, balanced, but slightly less material than the previous ones.
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