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White - Off-dry
2010 Alfred Merkelbach Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese
Riesling
- Germany
- Mosel Saar Ruwer
Label borrowed from 2015
Community Tasting Notes 2
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Gargantua wrote:
October 11, 2012 - Even if heat damaged, (prob 5-20% off proper form) this bottle is a ravaging treat. Buy all 2010 Auslese possible. Creamy dairy, honey, dried apricot, and a sprinkling of 2010 acid magic.
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Rob Hansult Likes this wine: 94 points
January 3, 2012 - Color is pale yellow w/hint of green & nice legs from the higher than usual alcohol.
Nose > Whiff of SO2 on opening - faded within ~ 90 minutes.
Big, fat, exotic, creamy white-peach, key-lime, lychee & sultana.
Serious complexity.
Piesporter like spicy blackcurrant & licorice. Pure red-cherry juice. Rich, fat lanolin - like a sweet Loire Chenin Blanc.
Palate > Very big (12% ABV), fat, but tight. Intense, rich & mineral infused.
Creamy rich, fat key-lime, lychee & star-fruit. Pungent, raspingly concentrated, intense fruit.
Shows it's rich, creamy, fat side till the mid-flavor, then virtually explodes with deeply intense, sappy blood-orange, lime-flesh & pink-grapefruit.
Great length. Great intensity, acidity & back-bone. Great finish & aftertaste.
Drinks as if sweetness seems medium/light.
Amazing complexity & intensity on nose & palate.
Love the size the 12% ABV gives the palate, & this is more than enough wine to handle it.
I'm not (at all!) getting sick of saying WOW! in my 2010 tasting notes.
(94+)
Sheesh! - How many Home Runs did the Merkelbach brothers hit in 2010?
Big Cheers to 2010! I LOVE this vintage! LOVE this Riesling!1 person found this helpful Comment
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By Terry Theise
2012 German Catalog, 6/1/2012 (link)(Merkelbach Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese) ($22.00) Sensational fragrance, both amazing fruit and a magma of slate; seriously, this is a monument of terroir, chiseled from a cliff-face of slate, with more sheer gravitas than in many self-important “old-vines” bottlings. 118°, RS an extremely moderate 61g – acidity and extracts off the charts. *
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By Terry Theise
2011 German Catalog, 3/1/2011 (link)(Merkelbach Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese) ($23.00) Sensational fragrance, both amazing fruit and a magma of slate; seriously, this is a monument of terroir, chiseled from a cliff-face of slate, with more sheer gravitas than in many self-important “old-vines” bottlings. 118°, RS an extremely moderate 61g – acidity and extracts off the charts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type White - Off-dry
- Producer Alfred Merkelbach
- Varietal Riesling
- Designation Auslese
- Vineyard Kinheimer Rosenberg
- Country Germany
- Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation n/a
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 30 (79%)
- Consumed 8 (21%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerAlfred Merkelbach
- VarietyRiesling
- DesignationAuslese
- VineyardKinheimer Rosenberg
- CountryGermany
- RegionMosel Saar Ruwer
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