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White - Off-dry
2009 Theo Minges Burrweiler Schloßgarten Rieslaner Spätlese
Rieslaner
- Germany
- Pfalz
Community Tasting Notes 3
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ChairmanKao Likes this wine: 94 points
April 28, 2024 - ABV: 10.5%. Don't think I've ever had this varietal, but I'm completely sold. The nose is a melange of apricot, guava, and citrus rind mixed with a hint of minerality and white pepper. The viscosity on the palate is kind of like a cross between a well-aged Sauternes and an Auslese Riesling, with a gush of ripe, juicy fruits that's lifted by the well-integrated acidity. The finish leaves you salivating. At approximately 15-years-old, this wine is drinking well now, but I'd say to hold on to it until at least the 20-year mark (2029) for the acid and sugar to integrate further. This wine can and will easily age well-beyond 40 years.
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Dancing with bottles Likes this wine: 89 points
April 8, 2017 - Takes one hour to Show its best. Sweet, fruity and not heavy in spite of 10,5% alc.. Lovely wine that will Keep for another 3-4 years easily. But it won´t improve, I´m afraid.
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bpj87 wrote: 91 points
February 1, 2011 - Exotic, yet never vulgar. For all of its tropical Rieslaner notes and residual sugar, this retained good balance and poise. This had a hint of the "creamy" character that I detected in many 2007 German Rieslings.
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By Terry Theise
2011 German Catalog, 3/1/2011 (link)(Minges Burrweiler Schlossgarten Rieslaner Spätlese) ($29.00) A rarity in ’09, and a shatteringly good wine in every sense, Rieslaner at its most exotic and implacable; salty banana candy but with mentholated high notes you cut with a knife, and the wine is the knife.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type White - Off-dry
- Producer Theo Minges
- Varietal Rieslaner
- Designation Spätlese
- Vineyard Burrweiler Schloßgarten
- Country Germany
- Region Pfalz
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation n/a
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 20 (91%)
- Consumed 2 (9%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
apples or peaches, fruit cake with pearsWho Likes This Wine
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