Spectacular Riesling. This has it all; an array of fruit ranging from ripe peaches and oranges to tarter citrus flavours, a stony mineral base beneath, and all sorts of floral, herbal, smoky, and mature burnished notes augmenting the fruit and minerality. It comes across just slightly off-dry with moderate sweetness and powerful acids giving it lift, and the finish has remarkable length.

Perhaps it was a bit tough to taste this after the sweeter Rieslings from Prüm and ZH, but this took some time to show its colours. A touch austere and shrill at first, but filled out with air to show ripe citrus and pear fruit over a stony base with good acidity beneath. Still rather young and not showing much complexity beyond the youthful fruit and minerality, but it's very nicely balanced and I imagine this would be a lot of fun to try with some more cellar time.

Really impressed by this. Ripe, plummy Merlot fruit tinged with more flamboyant sandalwood and other spicy/floral notes, and some faint oaky elements on the nose that did integrate with time in the decanter. It's certainly a ripe wine with lots of richness to the fruit and a plush, velvety texture on the palate, but there's also surprisingly bright acidity beneath that gives this good lift. Very nice.

In a great spot right now. Lots of fresh, dark berried and blackcurrant fruit at its core, augmented by more savoury cedar and pencil lead notes. There's still a bit of grainy tannin on the back end, but the structure seems to come mainly from the acidity which makes it feel very fresh and lively on the palate.

Best showing I've had from the '89 in some time. Still remarkably fresh and youthful; light on its feet with lots of bright, ripe citrus and green apple fruit flavours accented by slate, florality, and layers of more mature smoky and savoury notes. There's a faint tinge of botrytis apparent on the back end, but it's not overly sweet and actually comes across a bit drier than a lot of modern Kabinett. Impeccably balanced with plenty of acidity to match the gentle sweetness, and finishes long. Glad I have another.