December 16, 2021 - At an excellent stage, but no rush to drink. Some richness, but supporting acidity and firmness; medium-full, velvet texture, yellow and white fruits plus some minerality. Classic for the Schloß and Rheingau. Cellared since original release.
Add on edit: even better the following day!
December 19, 2019 - A private pre-Christmas Dinner with Friends (at home): Classical Rheingau, classical Silberlack, perfectly mature.
June 1, 2019 - 1-007. My first bottle out of a case of 6 that I recently was able to buy due to a bankruptcy of a large wine trader - sad as it is. I was curious if this was not past its drinking window. Beautiful prominent yellow color reveals its 12-years of aging.
Scent of petrol, banana, but beeswax is dominant; a bit of pineapple and lemon. Long aftertaste - and dry which made me very happy as I generally don't appreciate sweet in Riesling. Lots to appreciate in this beautiful bottle; I do think I need to finish the case in the next 2-3 years max.
December 23, 2017 - This is a perfectly classical Rheingau Erstes Gewächs, silky and mature, beautifully developed and complex, with grapefruit bitters and a touch of lowland whisky, medium body, much more about elegance and balance than about power, excellent terroir expression, layered finish, very good length. Beautiful.
January 28, 2017 - German wine tasting followed by a Lunch (@ de Nederlanden): In the bouquet ripe white fruits. On the palate concentrated, good sweetness and acidity balance as well as length. Ready now. No hurry.
January 28, 2017 - A German Wine Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant De Nederlanden *, Vreeland, NL): Classic, spicy Rheingau character, restrained nose, good balance and weight, vibrant and lively, typical elegance, harmonious, in a nice place right now.
January 16, 2017 - 2007 Schloss Johannisberg, EG, Silberlack
(Dokumentert produksjon fra år 817. Første eiendom noensinne plantet med Riesling siden 1700-tallet. Ble bombet ved et uhell under krigen (et fly som holdt på å styrte dumpet all lasten og traff uheldigvis slottet. Hadde dårligere kvalitet mellom 1990-2004 pga en dårligere forvaltning)
Litt lukket nese, noe syrlige epler, hvite blomster, sitrus, hint av kruttlapprøyk, noe tropisk bak.
Samme i munn. Uttalt syre, gjerrig og tilbakeholden, litt floral, vektløs, men enegisk, nyansert og svært lang. Herlig balanse. 90-91. Trenger mye mere tid/ luft.
November 30, 2016 - Sir Winston Churchill Dinner (67 Pall Mall): Same as previous note (here for completeness of the event). Incredible energy with a nose of tropical fruit and bees wax. Rich linear palate. Lovely.
October 5, 2016 - Drank at 67
Incredible energy with a nose of tropical fruit and bees wax. Rich linear palate. Lovely.
October 1, 2016 - This is now a mature but still energetic Riesling, gentle and stylish, clean and pure (no TDN in sight), with ripe fruit (mango, pineapple) and hints of wax and vanilla spice, lovely balance and minerality, firm acidity, good to very good length. Good sense of place, but could with a little more definition. Drink now and over the next 2-3 years.