My third bottle before I could really get a good read on this; much more trocken than spatlese; acidity is almost too much and is a real distraction from the rest of wine; once you get past the acid, there are nice apple and pear flavors which persist on moderately long finish
Spätlese trocken seems a contradiction in terms, but I guess "spätlese" now designates a certain range of grams of sugar per liter (172–209) rather than a late harvest as such, and trocken means that the sugar is entirely fermented into alcohol though at 12% it's not that high. Like many moselles it has the perfume of mirabelle plums and lots of fruit on the palate, very juicy, with a long dry finish. QPR fantastic @ $13.
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Weightier than I expected. More like Keller Von der Fels than Mosel Riesling. Probably the vintage. Acid and fruit not in sync at this point. Powerful. Very high acid. Drive. Will try to hide the others from my wife for a few years.
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This was very tightly coiled, so I think there is a good amount of room for further development. However, right now this is well made and varietally correct, but is lacking a really compelling component. It isn't really a wine that you can pick apart, but it doesn't rise to my (probably elevated) expectations for the vintage and it is hard to get really excited about. Even if it is lacking a real wow factor, this is still a pretty good value.
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5/2/2022 - mazik wrote: 90 Points
Delicious with Chinese takeaway.
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2/20/2021 - jwolf99 wrote: flawed
Totally corked; worst corking that I've had in any bottle of wine ever
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11/2/2020 - dchapman100@gmail.com wrote:
Nice pear notes. Will wait a few years for the next bottle.
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5/3/2020 - jwolf99 Likes this wine: 87 Points
My third bottle before I could really get a good read on this; much more trocken than spatlese; acidity is almost too much and is a real distraction from the rest of wine; once you get past the acid, there are nice apple and pear flavors which persist on moderately long finish
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5/2/2020 - mazik Likes this wine: 90 Points
Spätlese trocken seems a contradiction in terms, but I guess "spätlese" now designates a certain range of grams of sugar per liter (172–209) rather than a late harvest as such, and trocken means that the sugar is entirely fermented into alcohol though at 12% it's not that high. Like many moselles it has the perfume of mirabelle plums and lots of fruit on the palate, very juicy, with a long dry finish. QPR fantastic @ $13.
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3/12/2020 - liteagilis Likes this wine:
Unpleasantly backward night one.
Great on night two
Lots of texture
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10/29/2019 - liteagilis Likes this wine:
Weightier than I expected. More like Keller Von der Fels than Mosel Riesling. Probably the vintage. Acid and fruit not in sync at this point. Powerful. Very high acid. Drive. Will try to hide the others from my wife for a few years.
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1/7/2017 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 88 Points
This was very tightly coiled, so I think there is a good amount of room for further development. However, right now this is well made and varietally correct, but is lacking a really compelling component. It isn't really a wine that you can pick apart, but it doesn't rise to my (probably elevated) expectations for the vintage and it is hard to get really excited about. Even if it is lacking a real wow factor, this is still a pretty good value.
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6/21/2016 - indiscriminate palate wrote:
Selbach-Oster quick impressions: Very nice. The 2015 Selbach portfolio is great.
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