Outstanding wine! Ripe, concentrated yellow fruit, yet very balanced. Quite full-bodied for a Riesling. After having the wine with food, I could sense some wood on the palate, anyway if there is wood it is perfectly integrated.
Pop and pour. Deep golden color. On the nose: apricot, peach, soft lees, savory herbs. On the palate: fantastic concentration and acidity: apricot, peach, lemon, thyme. Lovely density and a long tangy finish. Wow.
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Deep golden in color the wine is very similar to the oestricher klosterberg but is even more viscous and concentrated. It tastes like an essence of dried apricots, petrol, peach compote and honey. Dry yet full with nice sweet extract and outstanding structure. I do love what Peter Jakob Kuhn does. Highly recommended.
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Recent purchase. Pnp. Pale golden yellow in the glass. Pretty petrol nose followed by more petrol on the attack. White fruit, very good balance, a touch of sweetness on the finish with some candied lemon and orange. Great Riesling given the challenging 2014 vintage!
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Restaurant purchase. Peter Jakob Kühn makes some really idiosyncratic Rieslings. This spent two years in a large wooden vat on the lees and allowed to go through malolactic completely.
The result is a dense, rich, and concentrated wine. Filled with peach and tropical fruit characters (pineapple and mango). On the palate while that concentration comes through, the structure still feels a bit rounded. There's a distinctive creaminess to it from extended lees contact and malo with a round and softer acid edge. Some petrol-filled smoky and salty finish. It felt like it was missing something, je se ne quoi.
Took the remaining 1/3 of the bottle back home and consumed the rest about an hour later from a Grasl Cru. The fruit appeared to recede a bit on the nose to make way for a captivating mix of sweet and delicate white aromatic flowers: mock orange, aztec pearl, osmanthus burkwoodii, but on the palate it felt much the same as before.
Aromatically, it's lovely, especially from the Grassl (what a difference the stem made), but on the palate it seems to fall short for my tastes. Clearly well made and with intention. There's concentration, complexity, depth, but I think the combination of richness from the lees and wooden vat and the rounder, softer acid feel from the malolactic makes this feel like a wine that speaks more to winemaking than a sense of place. AP 08 16
ABV: 13.0% Closure: natural cork Decant: 90min at restaurant // 3h in when tasted at home Stem: non-descript white wine glass; later Grassl Cru Assemblage: two years on lees in a large wooden vat, full malo.
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95+pts. I must have had an excellent bottle. Best of a strong flight of three GGs from top wineries. My tasting notes are at br_winelover on Instagram.
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[08 16] On the nose white stone fruit, quince, herbs, crushed stones. Precise and rather delicate on the palate, good fruit and balance. Fine length. Excellent. 92-93+
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Dinner and Wine at Sun Wah (Sun Wah BBQ, Chicago, IL): Whoa, this sports a big ripe luscious nose of peaches followed by more peaches, pineapple and spice. Terrific round, rich palate is made fresh with driving acids. An outstanding GG.
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Dinner at Sun Wah (Chicago, IL): #08-16, 13% abv. I have no idea what this vineyard is. In fact, my handwritten note had this vineyard as "Daarsberg". Yes, that's how illegible the label is. In any case, this is basically riesling in peach form. There's so much white peach flavour here. Rounded and fruity, but not sweet at all. I like the balance here -- this is not too acidic, as some GGs end up being. A bit of a softer GG, I found this quite enjoyable.
Meiningers Finest 100: International Wine Summit (Saalbau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße): Not on the same level than the Sankt Nikolaus imo. More on the riper fruit side as the site is warmer. Also very complex in the nose but missing the extra umph I get from the SN. And I'm very curious how it will age, appeals very open & "ready" at the moment.
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Blind tasting of a number of Grosse Gewächse. First signs of ageing. Concise notes of botrytis with flavors of yellow fruits like fully ripe quince and honey. Some smoky notes come in addition. A wonderfully alluring bouquet, that seems to want to draw me further into the glass. The palate is dry and also outlined by yellow fruits, as well as the spiciness that often comes with it. Unfortunately, the wine suddenly collapses in terms of complexity. Vivid, polished acidity. Long aftertaste. Probably, still a good deal too young.
Blindverkostung von Großen Gewächsen. Erste Reifenoten, prägnante Botrytisnote und sehr gelbfruchtig mit Noten von bspw. vollreifer Quitte und Honig. Dazu kommt eine rauchige Würze. Eine tolle Nase! Fast ist es so, als wollten mich die Aromen direkt ins Glas ziehen, so sehr werde ich sensorisch gefesselt. Am Gaumen dann trocken und ebenfalls gelbfruchtig und -würzig, allerdings linearer und bricht auch nach kurzer Zeit am Gaumen in Sachen Komplexität für mich ein. Frische, geschliffene Säure. Langer Nachhall.
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Farbe: blasses Gold Enorm prächtige Nase! Safran, Komplex, spannend, harmonisch, sehr konzentriert, mineralisch, sehr jugendlich (vor ca. drei Wochen abgefüllt), ein junger Gigant, der sicher noch mindestens ein Jahr Flaschenreife benötigt um sein volles Potential zu entfalten. Nicht vor Mitte 2017 zu trinken. 93-96+ Punkte
Zweiter Eindruck (etwa eine Stunde später erneut probieren dürfen): feine, mineralische Nase, die an Jod und Meer erinnert, auf der anderen Seite auch fruchtige Komponenten, gelbe Früchte (Pfirsich), mineralisch, Länge, Tiefe, 92-94+
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5/7/2024 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 93 Points
Im Glas im Glas Vergleich sehe ich heute den Nikolaus auch als Doosberg-Fanboy einen Punkt vorne. Leider. Leider geil. Dossie ist so schon super.
Und 2014 ist eine grandioser Langläufer vom Reifepotential. Selten so eine für Kühn fast schon jugendliche Färbung gesehen und gehabt nach 10 Jahren.
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2/14/2024 - lukeintowine wrote: 94 Points
Brought to a Thai Restaurant by a friend.
Outstanding wine! Ripe, concentrated yellow fruit, yet very balanced. Quite full-bodied for a Riesling.
After having the wine with food, I could sense some wood on the palate, anyway if there is wood it is perfectly integrated.
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11/1/2023 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Pop and pour. Deep golden color. On the nose: apricot, peach, soft lees, savory herbs. On the palate: fantastic concentration and acidity: apricot, peach, lemon, thyme. Lovely density and a long tangy finish. Wow.
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2/4/2022 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep golden in color the wine is very similar to the oestricher klosterberg but is even more viscous and concentrated. It tastes like an essence of dried apricots, petrol, peach compote and honey. Dry yet full with nice sweet extract and outstanding structure. I do love what Peter Jakob Kuhn does. Highly recommended.
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11/4/2021 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
Recent purchase. Pnp. Pale golden yellow in the glass. Pretty petrol nose followed by more petrol on the attack. White fruit, very good balance, a touch of sweetness on the finish with some candied lemon and orange. Great Riesling given the challenging 2014 vintage!
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8/1/2021 - rcb25 wrote:
Restaurant purchase. Peter Jakob Kühn makes some really idiosyncratic Rieslings. This spent two years in a large wooden vat on the lees and allowed to go through malolactic completely.
The result is a dense, rich, and concentrated wine. Filled with peach and tropical fruit characters (pineapple and mango). On the palate while that concentration comes through, the structure still feels a bit rounded. There's a distinctive creaminess to it from extended lees contact and malo with a round and softer acid edge. Some petrol-filled smoky and salty finish. It felt like it was missing something, je se ne quoi.
Took the remaining 1/3 of the bottle back home and consumed the rest about an hour later from a Grasl Cru. The fruit appeared to recede a bit on the nose to make way for a captivating mix of sweet and delicate white aromatic flowers: mock orange, aztec pearl, osmanthus burkwoodii, but on the palate it felt much the same as before.
Aromatically, it's lovely, especially from the Grassl (what a difference the stem made), but on the palate it seems to fall short for my tastes. Clearly well made and with intention. There's concentration, complexity, depth, but I think the combination of richness from the lees and wooden vat and the rounder, softer acid feel from the malolactic makes this feel like a wine that speaks more to winemaking than a sense of place. AP 08 16
ABV: 13.0%
Closure: natural cork
Decant: 90min at restaurant // 3h in when tasted at home
Stem: non-descript white wine glass; later Grassl Cru
Assemblage: two years on lees in a large wooden vat, full malo.
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5/31/2021 - Nothung Likes this wine: 89 Points
Not as integrated as I would have hoped, but very nice.
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12/23/2020 - gtilley wrote:
Golden colour. Peaches and peach skin character. Very austere, hard, verging on tiring.
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5/6/2019 - br_winelover Likes this wine: 95 Points
95+pts. I must have had an excellent bottle. Best of a strong flight of three GGs from top wineries. My tasting notes are at br_winelover on Instagram.
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3/13/2019 - rossi.wine wrote: 93 Points
[08 16] On the nose white stone fruit, quince, herbs, crushed stones. Precise and rather delicate on the palate, good fruit and balance. Fine length. Excellent. 92-93+
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8/9/2017 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Dinner and Wine at Sun Wah (Sun Wah BBQ, Chicago, IL): Whoa, this sports a big ripe luscious nose of peaches followed by more peaches, pineapple and spice. Terrific round, rich palate is made fresh with driving acids. An outstanding GG.
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8/9/2017 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at Sun Wah (Chicago, IL): #08-16, 13% abv. I have no idea what this vineyard is. In fact, my handwritten note had this vineyard as "Daarsberg". Yes, that's how illegible the label is. In any case, this is basically riesling in peach form. There's so much white peach flavour here. Rounded and fruity, but not sweet at all. I like the balance here -- this is not too acidic, as some GGs end up being. A bit of a softer GG, I found this quite enjoyable.
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11/22/2016 - m_arcon wrote: 92 Points
Meiningers Finest 100: International Wine Summit (Saalbau, Neustadt an der Weinstraße): Not on the same level than the Sankt Nikolaus imo. More on the riper fruit side as the site is warmer. Also very complex in the nose but missing the extra umph I get from the SN. And I'm very curious how it will age, appeals very open & "ready" at the moment.
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10/24/2016 - MNig wrote: 92 Points
Blind tasting of a number of Grosse Gewächse. First signs of ageing. Concise notes of botrytis with flavors of yellow fruits like fully ripe quince and honey. Some smoky notes come in addition. A wonderfully alluring bouquet, that seems to want to draw me further into the glass. The palate is dry and also outlined by yellow fruits, as well as the spiciness that often comes with it. Unfortunately, the wine suddenly collapses in terms of complexity. Vivid, polished acidity. Long aftertaste. Probably, still a good deal too young.
Blindverkostung von Großen Gewächsen. Erste Reifenoten, prägnante Botrytisnote und sehr gelbfruchtig mit Noten von bspw. vollreifer Quitte und Honig. Dazu kommt eine rauchige Würze. Eine tolle Nase! Fast ist es so, als wollten mich die Aromen direkt ins Glas ziehen, so sehr werde ich sensorisch gefesselt. Am Gaumen dann trocken und ebenfalls gelbfruchtig und -würzig, allerdings linearer und bricht auch nach kurzer Zeit am Gaumen in Sachen Komplexität für mich ein. Frische, geschliffene Säure. Langer Nachhall.
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9/3/2016 - Vinophil2000 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Farbe: blasses Gold
Enorm prächtige Nase! Safran, Komplex, spannend, harmonisch, sehr konzentriert, mineralisch, sehr jugendlich (vor ca. drei Wochen abgefüllt), ein junger Gigant, der sicher noch mindestens ein Jahr Flaschenreife benötigt um sein volles Potential zu entfalten. Nicht vor Mitte 2017 zu trinken.
93-96+ Punkte
Zweiter Eindruck (etwa eine Stunde später erneut probieren dürfen):
feine, mineralische Nase, die an Jod und Meer erinnert, auf der anderen Seite auch fruchtige Komponenten, gelbe Früchte (Pfirsich), mineralisch, Länge, Tiefe, 92-94+
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