Wonderful interaction of intensity and savory aspects. Long and focused, with lychee, apricot, stone, plumeria, golden apple and chalk. Full body, with a gliding manner. Viscous in the front end, then elegant on the back, with a perched, round middle. Such a treat and ideal for many a cuisine. Drink now - 2030.
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Golden coloured. First a bit reductiv notes, which change and transform in a nose of classic yellow and tropical fruits quickly. On the palate nicely balanced with high intensity even getting more intense with time. 5/13/17/9. What is lacking here for a higher score? Complexity and play! This wine is fully mature, but is going to hold through for some more years for sure if perfectly stored since release.
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In 2012, I wrote "Rather ripe Riesling with a fruity, almost creamy accent. Nevertheless great tension due to high and ripe acidity. Not so much for the mineral lovers, but neither thick or too rich. Excellent."
In 2019, the wine is showing both creamy ripening notes and an acidity that calls impressions of botrytis.
Overall, a weird mix that doesn't meet expectations. Don't hold.
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German wine tasting followed by a Lunch (@ de Nederlanden): Beautiful bouquet which shows some development and good minerals. Same on the palate, tropical fruits, honey, full bodied and an enormous length. Beautiful and mouth filling wine.
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From DMG during a vertical tasting of G-Max juicy, powerful, great acidity, maybe a hint too fullbodied, but from this bottlesize very young and joyable, 95-96
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Patience was rewarded !!!!!!! Waited so long for this experience !! Was my first white wine in subscription !!! Tropical fruit bowl , minerality , big wine , looooong finish , tiny bit of sweetness , wow !!! Love it !! Wont improve but has many years left !! Drink !!!!!!!!
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What Mlermontov said. I was not quite as impressed because I want my Kellers more slim than this. However, the balance was extraordinary in spite of the heaviness of the fruit and I like drinking it a lot. Wouldn't hold much longer.
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Various Wines with Carlo and Fia: big tropical nose, pineapple and mango. with time - the mineral streak comes out. rich mid with tropical fruit and red berries. lots of stone as well - especially on back palate. finishes with some ginger and spice. reminds one of smaragd in weight. powerful wine. YUM.
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Keller Hubacker Vertical 2005 - 2013 (Vinothek Villa Behr (Wendlingen/Germany)): Nose: A perfurmed nose with aromas of very ripe exotic fruit, a bit of petrol and (maybe) a hint of botrytis. Like Dirk said it, this wine smells more like a ripe Auslese or a great Austrian Smaragd from Wachau. Palate: Dry, but with quite some sweetness of the fruit, full bodied, creamy, ripe and luscious fruit. Lacks a bit of acidity & complexity. For my personal overall impression & taste this wine is quite nice but to ripe & fat. Maybe this will get better with 5-10 more years age but I´m not really sure.
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Keller Hubacker Großes Gewächs 2005-2013 (Vinothek, Villa Behr (Wendlingen, Germany)): *** Please see this note only in the context of the whole vertical tasting *** Glass: Riedel Vinum Universal Clear, medium golden color with a clean, medium+ intense, fully developed nose. Ripe yellow fruits, hints of botrytis (?). Smells more like a ripe Auslese or a great Austrian Smaragd from Wachau. It is really a sexy, erotic wine: dry, but with quite some sweetness of the fruit, full bodied, creamy, ripe and luscious fruit and a medium+ finish. This wine polarized the tasters, for some it was too fat, but when you drink it alone it is a real beauty, like a beautiful plus sized model. Will stay on this level for several years, but I doubt that it will develop any more.
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Intense colour, quite full yellow, golden sheen; rich and fleshy style, the subtle honeyed notes of very ripe Riesling grapes (but no botrytis), spicy and warm, ripe but firm acidity, layered and flavoursome, almost tropical but very pure fruit, harmonious and effortlessly long. The stylistic difference with the fresher but also slightly jagged 2006 couldn't be greater - but the fundamental character is very much in evidence in both. Drinking very well now, no rush, but I do not see this improving.
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Occasional dinner group: Riesling GG and 100 RP point wines: Just a few notes for this complex and enormously pure wine. Great concentration, beautiful tropical fruits, minerals and a great length. In a beautiful drinking stage and no hurry.
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a Großes Gewächs summernight: little honey and tropical fruit on the nose, herbal, on the palate great depth, more fruit than the other vintages, mango, passion fruit, herbal touch, limy, still tastable acidity, creamy texture, mid- to fullbodied, very harmonic, very long aftertaste, and what a pity......., my last bottle, well stored bottles could easily be kept for more than 5+ years, ****(*), 94- 96+?
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Big Riesling from one of the best producers Germanys. Some Ripeness with typical petrol notes. Compared to the 2011 not that complex but everything what a nice riesling needs. exotic fruits like ripe ananas, guave, mango,great length, but the development seems finished, perfect acidity and freshness. very ripe fruits, maybe a little bit too fullbodied, nice to drink it again in 5 years.
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Rather ripe Riesling with a fruity, almost creamy accent. Nevertheless great tension due to high and ripe acidity. Not so much for the mineral lovers, but neither thick or too rich. Excellent.
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91 Punkte - Eigentlich war ich noch klar im Kopf, aber als dieser Wein ins Glas kam, kamen Zweifel auf, ob ich 2005 und 2006 vertauscht hatte. Dieser Hubacker war in seiner jetzigen Phase einem Wachauer Smaragd viel näher als seinen Brüdern der Jahrgänge zuvor. Ein Bolide von Wein, hochreife (!!) Frucht. Ein bunter Aromenstrauss von getrockneten Früchten, gelbem Steinobst und dezenten Honignoten; sehr hoher, fruchtsüßer Extrakt; herrlich cremige Oberfläche, die darunter liegende Mineralität ist aber gut zu erkennen. Saftig und ziemlich tief, mir persönlich fast ein wenig zu fett; tolle, fruchtbetonte und schmelzige Länge.
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Åbnet et døgn i forvejen. Virkede lidt dvask i forhold til Kirchspiel. Appelsinskal, gul vingummi, fersken, honning. En smule sødme i eftersmagen. Flot vin, som dog blev klart slået af Kirchspiel på dagen.
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3/8/2024 - Matt Scott Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wonderful interaction of intensity and savory aspects. Long and focused, with lychee, apricot, stone, plumeria, golden apple and chalk. Full body, with a gliding manner. Viscous in the front end, then elegant on the back, with a perched, round middle. Such a treat and ideal for many a cuisine. Drink now - 2030.
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3/13/2021 - Caruso Likes this wine: 94 Points
Golden coloured. First a bit reductiv notes, which change and transform in a nose of classic yellow and tropical fruits quickly. On the palate nicely balanced with high intensity even getting more intense with time. 5/13/17/9. What is lacking here for a higher score? Complexity and play! This wine is fully mature, but is going to hold through for some more years for sure if perfectly stored since release.
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4/7/2020 - Latache01 wrote: 88 Points
In 2012, I wrote "Rather ripe Riesling with a fruity, almost creamy accent. Nevertheless great tension due to high and ripe acidity. Not so much for the mineral lovers, but neither thick or too rich. Excellent."
In 2019, the wine is showing both creamy ripening notes and an acidity that calls impressions of botrytis.
Overall, a weird mix that doesn't meet expectations. Don't hold.
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5/19/2017 - Zweder wrote: 94 Points
Occasional dinner group: Riesling GG and Top Pomerol (@ Zarzo): Tropical fruits, elegant and also full bodied. Good balance between acidity and sweetness. Great length. Beautiful wine. See also my previous notes.
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1/28/2017 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
German wine tasting followed by a Lunch (@ de Nederlanden): Beautiful bouquet which shows some development and good minerals. Same on the palate, tropical fruits, honey, full bodied and an enormous length. Beautiful and mouth filling wine.
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1/28/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
A German Wine Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant De Nederlanden *, Vreeland, NL): So rich and fresh, elegant and exuberant, pure fruit with a tropical edge, steely acidity, powerful but linear, energetic and long. A masterful Hubacker.
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1/7/2017 - Frank Schneider wrote: 90 Points
One year after a spectacular bottle. This from the same case was tired and too mature. Nothing to talk about. I dont know !!! Drink up
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4/15/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
From DMG during a vertical tasting of G-Max
juicy, powerful, great acidity, maybe a hint too fullbodied, but from this bottlesize very young and joyable, 95-96
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1/3/2016 - Frank Schneider wrote: 97 Points
Patience was rewarded !!!!!!! Waited so long for this experience !! Was my first white wine in subscription !!! Tropical fruit bowl , minerality , big wine , looooong finish , tiny bit of sweetness , wow !!! Love it !! Wont improve but has many years left !! Drink !!!!!!!!
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6/30/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
MWS Wine Tasting and Dinner (Restaurant Jaimie van Heije, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, NL): Wonderful tension between ripe fruit, crystalline acidity and wax; complete and rich, develops a hint a Eiswein apples, long and intense, with lots of potential.
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6/29/2015 - Brnshj22 wrote:
What Mlermontov said. I was not quite as impressed because I want my Kellers more slim than this. However, the balance was extraordinary in spite of the heaviness of the fruit and I like drinking it a lot. Wouldn't hold much longer.
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6/23/2015 - Mlermontov wrote: 94 Points
Various Wines with Carlo and Fia: big tropical nose, pineapple and mango. with time - the mineral streak comes out. rich mid with tropical fruit and red berries. lots of stone as well - especially on back palate. finishes with some ginger and spice. reminds one of smaragd in weight. powerful wine. YUM.
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3/26/2015 - m_arcon wrote: 89 Points
Keller Hubacker Vertical 2005 - 2013 (Vinothek Villa Behr (Wendlingen/Germany)): Nose: A perfurmed nose with aromas of very ripe exotic fruit, a bit of petrol and (maybe) a hint of botrytis. Like Dirk said it, this wine smells more like a ripe Auslese or a great Austrian Smaragd from Wachau.
Palate: Dry, but with quite some sweetness of the fruit, full bodied, creamy, ripe and luscious fruit. Lacks a bit of acidity & complexity. For my personal overall impression & taste this wine is quite nice but to ripe & fat. Maybe this will get better with 5-10 more years age but I´m not really sure.
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3/26/2015 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
Keller Hubacker Großes Gewächs 2005-2013 (Vinothek, Villa Behr (Wendlingen, Germany)): *** Please see this note only in the context of the whole vertical tasting ***
Glass: Riedel Vinum Universal
Clear, medium golden color with a clean, medium+ intense, fully developed nose. Ripe yellow fruits, hints of botrytis (?). Smells more like a ripe Auslese or a great Austrian Smaragd from Wachau. It is really a sexy, erotic wine: dry, but with quite some sweetness of the fruit, full bodied, creamy, ripe and luscious fruit and a medium+ finish. This wine polarized the tasters, for some it was too fat, but when you drink it alone it is a real beauty, like a beautiful plus sized model.
Will stay on this level for several years, but I doubt that it will develop any more.
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1/3/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Intense colour, quite full yellow, golden sheen; rich and fleshy style, the subtle honeyed notes of very ripe Riesling grapes (but no botrytis), spicy and warm, ripe but firm acidity, layered and flavoursome, almost tropical but very pure fruit, harmonious and effortlessly long. The stylistic difference with the fresher but also slightly jagged 2006 couldn't be greater - but the fundamental character is very much in evidence in both. Drinking very well now, no rush, but I do not see this improving.
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12/12/2014 - Zweder wrote: 93 Points
Occasional dinner group: Riesling GG and 100 RP point wines: Just a few notes for this complex and enormously pure wine. Great concentration, beautiful tropical fruits, minerals and a great length. In a beautiful drinking stage and no hurry.
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12/12/2014 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points
White GG's and Red 100PP's (Restaurant Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam): soft, complex, lots of finesse, great to drink now, seems completely ready, no rush
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8/9/2014 - fc1910 Likes this wine: 95 Points
a Großes Gewächs summernight: little honey and tropical fruit on the nose, herbal, on the palate great depth, more fruit than the other vintages, mango, passion fruit, herbal touch, limy, still tastable acidity, creamy texture, mid- to fullbodied, very harmonic, very long aftertaste, and what a pity......., my last bottle, well stored bottles could easily be kept for more than 5+ years, ****(*), 94- 96+?
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7/12/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Big Riesling from one of the best producers Germanys. Some Ripeness with typical petrol notes. Compared to the 2011 not that complex but everything what a nice riesling needs. exotic fruits like ripe ananas, guave, mango,great length, but the development seems finished, perfect acidity and freshness. very ripe fruits, maybe a little bit too fullbodied, nice to drink it again in 5 years.
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2/15/2012 - Latache01 wrote: 93 Points
Rather ripe Riesling with a fruity, almost creamy accent. Nevertheless great tension due to high and ripe acidity. Not so much for the mineral lovers, but neither thick or too rich. Excellent.
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12/27/2011 - MQuentel@web.de wrote: 91 Points
91 Punkte - Eigentlich war ich noch klar im Kopf, aber als dieser Wein ins Glas kam, kamen Zweifel auf, ob ich 2005 und 2006 vertauscht hatte. Dieser Hubacker war in seiner jetzigen Phase einem Wachauer Smaragd viel näher als seinen Brüdern der Jahrgänge zuvor. Ein Bolide von Wein, hochreife (!!) Frucht. Ein bunter Aromenstrauss von getrockneten Früchten, gelbem Steinobst und dezenten Honignoten; sehr hoher, fruchtsüßer Extrakt; herrlich cremige Oberfläche, die darunter liegende Mineralität ist aber gut zu erkennen. Saftig und ziemlich tief, mir persönlich fast ein wenig zu fett; tolle, fruchtbetonte und schmelzige Länge.
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6/22/2011 - LoireFan wrote: 93 Points
Just excellent.
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5/20/2010 - WildeMeeuw wrote: 92 Points
2005 Weingut Keller Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling (Duitsland, Rheinhessen) Kleur: Vol strogeel Aroma / bouquet: Super expressieve neus, dik, gout de petrol, abrikozenpit, stokbrood, Smaak / Afdronk: Prachtig volle aanzet, zachte zuren, retronasale indrukken van citrus, vooral rijpe abrikozen, petrol, lactisch. Enorme lengte. Algemeen / potentieel: Super complexe en dik-sappige top-Riesling. YAMMIE 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Smaak / Afdronk: 18 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 92/100
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3/8/2010 - Michael Mortensen wrote:
Åbnet et døgn i forvejen. Virkede lidt dvask i forhold til Kirchspiel. Appelsinskal, gul vingummi, fersken, honning. En smule sødme i eftersmagen. Flot vin, som dog blev klart slået af Kirchspiel på dagen.
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11/8/2009 - amateurwino wrote: 93 Points
lovely petrol on the nose. Layered palate, very nice.
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2/23/2008 - LoireFan wrote: 92 Points
Killer nose. Excellent wine that has not begun to peak. (97 pt nose, the rest may catch up.)
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