Community Tasting Notes 24

• rocknroller wrote: 92 points

  July 21, 2023 - Medium dark gold color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. It's been a long 7 years since my last bottle. It seems like forever that it's been in the mix at the annual Party on the Lake/Prairie and there were enough other wines it didn't get popped. Well finally, tonight, my last one. Drinking beautifully still; fusil, golden apple, ripe peach, apple blossoms, citrus, juicy, pineapple, slate and great acid still . Supe bottle . 92× to 93pts.

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• jkoenen wrote: 87 points

  November 6, 2020 - Correct. Tasty.
  But slightly shy and uninspiring.
  APnr. 10-06

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• acyso wrote: 88 points

  May 28, 2019 - Dinner at MingHin (Chicago, IL): #10-06, 9% abv. The nose shows a little bit of reduction here, but it's mostly in check, supplemented with some sweet fruit. The palate is also fairly nondescript; this is a fine drinking riesling, but it doesn't feel like there's anything much else there. It's not overly sweet, but the acids aren't quite there either.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  June 3, 2017 - From a pure drinkability standpoint, this is outstanding. It's maybe a touch soft for my preferences, but it's slurpable. There is a wealth of tropical fruit and ripe peach, and some hints of citrus and herb.
  
  What this lacks for me is any sense of Saar-ness. As I have found with many 2005s, the ripe tropical fruit overwhelms any sense of site or even region. Saar wines taste like middle-Mosel wines, taste like Nahe wine, taste like Rheingau wines. They are certainly fun to drink, but they don't engage my intellect.
  
  Maybe 10 more years of age will expose a bit more of the bones, and bring some differentiation.

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• rocknroller wrote: 90 points

  July 15, 2016 - POTP (Party on the Peninsula); 7/14/2016-7/17/2016 (Door County, WI): Light medium gold color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. This was second to the last bottle, and they have served me well. Tonight, this bottle seemed a bit flabby after the Selbach Spat we had first. It also was shrouded in a heavy cloak of fusil that didn't sit as well with a bit of a headache already. Lots of fusil, apricot, fatter, minerality, oily and full bodied. Maybe this was me a bit, but not quite up the previous bottles, though I heard no complaints from the crowd.

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• Vintage 2005
• Type White - Off-dry
• Producer Von Hövel
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Spätlese
• Vineyard Oberemmeler Hütte
• Country Germany
• Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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