2019 Hofgut Falkenstein Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Spätlese #14
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Putnam Weekley Likes this wine:
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - nine days, nine years in reverse; 1/19/2024-1/27/2024 (lake erie basin): 8% abv. AP 14. A most kind gift from the meadmaker—thank you!
NOSE: a gentle, active spring rinse over worn stone; a clever combination of peach, piña, and strawberry coulis; nutrient salt crust on iron; wry, smoky levitations of wildflower perfume. All of this moves steadily in elegant appeal—bright, clean, and weightless. I catch glimpses of marine breeze in the background and decide it plays some kind of role in the impulsion of the object. MOUTH: forget trying to isolate viscera from structure here. At no point is it sweet or weighty. However, the transparent juiciness is something familiar in much older prädikat Rieslings in top form. Allowing it to warm up to >60° only summons determined, savory acidity; it's sticky—the acid is—and it entrains various cured mints, cockle shell, worn brass, and blueberry.
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Comment posted by KenSchramm:
1/23/2024 9:50:00 PM - If something can smell like the top of a hill in blossom in late spring, this does, to me.
"forget trying to isolate viscera from structure here."
Precisely. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move, but I can't hear what your saying. Cockle shell and worn brass? Spot on.
Comment posted by Putnam Weekley:
1/23/2024 9:51:00 PM - thanks again, dude