2007 Alfred Merkelbach Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Auslese *
Community Tasting Note
Keith Levenberg wrote:
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - I know it's heretical but I am coming around to the view that this whole spatlese/auslese category of sweet riesling just isn't worth aging. Some of them change with age without necessarily getting better or worse, a handful get better, and the majority never seem better than they were on day one. Sorry, but there it is, I said it. Within that last group there are some that curl up and die and others that stay pleasant while going a bit soft and flat, and this one is fortunately in that latter category. The fruit here is still tasty and pineapply, it's just lost its energy. In the usual Merkelbach fashion the sweetness level is closer to the norm for spatlese than what usually gets called auslese these days, but it is still pretty soft and fruit juicy without much cut or zing.
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Comment posted by David_K:
5/12/2016 5:56:00 PM - A fair point, and one with which I don't necessarily disagree. Which in your experience most reward aging? To take one example, I had a Fritz Haag 2002 BJS Auslese a few months back that was absolutely on fire, with zing to burn. Merkelbach's 2002 library-release Urziger Spat was also quite good, but it's hard to compare that with non-library releases, since Terry likely wouldn't have brought it in if it wasn't.