Community Tasting Notes 16

• Mr. Montrachet Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 30, 2022 - A hot terroir in a hot year and you can taste that.
  Peach & petrol, sugared almonds, exotic fruits, barn, vanilla. Slightly bitter finish (from the heat of the vintage?). Good, but not great. Drink up.

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• LaberMeier Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 26, 2022 - Im Duft und Geschmack fruchtig und wuchtig, gut balancierte Säure, passt gut zu kräftigen Gerichten.

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• awever Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 30, 2021 - Leicht nässender Korken, reifer als erwartet , süffig , gelbe Früchte , alles gut eingebunden

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• Vintomas wrote: 93 points

  March 30, 2021 - From a half bottle. Bright yellow. Powerful nose with ripe citrus, some stone fruit, mineral, some petroleum notes and a bit of perfume. The palate shows good concentration of ripe citrus, good (but not really high) acidity, mineral, slight bitterness and hints of spice, combined with a long fruity aftertaste. Drinks well now, will keep, 93 pts.
  
  To me, this is a powerful food wine rather than a sipping wine. As dry wines go, the impression is off-dryish rather than bone dry, which I suppose is because of the ripe vintage and the concentration. While I never expect a Künstler Hölle GG to be shy, this is perhaps more in the style of the Hölle Goldkapsel trocken releases. (There wasn't one in 2015, as the grapes were used for an Auslese Goldkapsel instead.) 14% alcohol on the label of a GG always makes me worried, but to me, this wine stays just on the right side of the border. You can feel some of the alcoholic heat on the palate if you look, but it is balanced by the excellent concentration of the citrus fruit. I wanted to revisit this in half bottle format to see how it had developed, and I'm left with a positive impression of this wine's balance and potential for further cellaring.

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• LaberMeier wrote: 91 points

  September 28, 2020 - fruit and acidity do not harmonize as they should. Acidity seems to be too low for future development. Drink now, but do not expect too much.
  Addendum: One day later (kept in the fridge without preservation), everything changed. Much better balanced, and very nice fruit, as typical for Künstler. Very enjoyable this time.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type White
• Producer Künstler
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Großes Gewächs
• Vineyard Hochheimer Hölle
• Country Germany
• Region Rheingau
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 4018759080132, 4018759130134, 4018759170130

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• Pending Delivery 6 (4%)
• In Cellars 86 (53%)
• Consumed 69 (43%)

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