Community Tasting Notes 12

• octopussy Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 5, 2018 - Medium yellow to light amber colored. In the nose, this is quite rich, there are notes of slate and crushed rock, providing a sense of coolness, but the fruit is lush and seems very ripe: very ripe apple, some honey, also some hints of ripe exotic fruit such as guava and mango. In the mouth, it's much more lively than the nose would suggest, quite racy, nice acidity, pronounced sweetness (more Auslese than Spätlese style), mouth filling, very warm in its expression, beautiful minerality in the finish. This is an excellent wine, but really rather an Auslese than a Spätlese in style.

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• paulst wrote: flawed

  March 11, 2017 - Sickening nose; iron water taste; too bad.

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• salil wrote: 88 points

  December 21, 2016 - Consistent with prior notes, sadly. An underperformance for the vintage and producer - it's full of ripe white fruit with some faintly floral and tropical notes, but doesn't have the lift, depth, or elegance that I always expect from Schaefer. Outclassed by the '04 and '08 that were poured alongside.

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• salil wrote: 88 points

  October 23, 2015 - Another underwhelming bottle, just like my last. Bright citrus and red apple fruit lifted by lively acidity, but doesn't show the complexity or finesse I typically expect from Schaefer.

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• indiscriminate palate wrote: 87 points

  October 23, 2015 - Lime, a bit of red apple, lots of acidity. Lacking depth or stone fruit goodness, and the finish is only lime and puckering acidity. Quite good, but sadly (given my love of Schaefer and my love of 2001), this is not as rich or exciting as I would hope.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type White - Off-dry
• Producer Willi Schaefer
• Varietal Riesling
• Designation Spätlese #3
• Vineyard Graacher Domprobst
• Country Germany
• Region Mosel Saar Ruwer
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a

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• In Cellars 19 (27%)
• Consumed 51 (73%)

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