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• Paul S wrote: 89 points

  October 18, 2008 - WFA German First Growths Masterclass + others; 10/16/2008-10/18/2008 (Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore): For a first growth, this was rather disappointing. Garnet coloured. Tons of buttery oak and mocha on the nose. It when down a little with time to show some spritzy cola scents, funky loam and some candied cherried fruit and a touch of plums. All this was rather burried under the oak though. Much the same on the palate, which showed lots of extract, good clean acidity and some velvety tannins, but flavourwise just a lot of mocha and dry woody accents. There was some cherry swimming around in there, but I could not quite get to it. The finish was all coffee-ish, like the local Kopiko milk-coffee sweets. This reminds me of a young Dominique Laurent - far too much oak, but with plenty of extract. It would be interesting to see if this ages like one of Laurent's low-end bottlings (badly) or his higher-end ones, which integrated very nicely and become rather excellent as the oak subsides.

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• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Jean Stodden
• Varietal Spätburgunder
• Designation Großes Gewächs
• Vineyard Herrenberg
• Country Germany
• Region Ahr
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• Appellation n/a

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