2010 Querbach Riesling Classic

Community Tasting Note

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90 Points

Friday, February 25, 2022 - Fermented spontaneously, aged in stainless steel on the fine lees. 11,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.

Medium-deep yellow-green color. Slightly reticent nose of white flowers, some sharp Granny Smith apple, a little bit of ripe peachy fruit, light honeyed tones, a mineral hint of stone dust and a touch of beeswax. The wine is dry-to-dry-ish, quite mineral and medium-bodied on the palate with bright flavors of apple blossom, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of ripe citrus fruit, light steely mineral nuances, a hint of apple peel bitterness and a sweet touch of ripe, grapey fruit. The moderately high acidity keeps the wine very nicely in balance. The finish is fresh, mineral and quite mouth-cleansing with rather long flavors of steely minerality, some ripe Golden Delicious apple, a little bit of lemon zest, light grapey tones, a hint of wet stones and a subtly sweet touch of honey.

A nice, clean and balanced Riesling - perhaps a bit anonymous and surprisingly modest in acidity for a 2010 Riesling. That is not to say that the wine wasn't high in acidity; but just as I said with my previous TN on this wine, I expected a 2010 Rheingau Riesling to have noticeably higher acidity. Overall this is a nice wine, but I really didn't see much evolution here compared to the previous time I tasted the wine (almost exactly 4 years ago) and the overall style is still pretty closed. I think this wine just needs more time - as virtually all Querbach wines do - and if the wine is opened now, it needs a decant of 1-2 hours, if not more. Most likely this wine won't be showing its best until its 20th birthday. Tasty stuff for patient people, terrific value at just 12€.

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