It's close to six years since my last note and I'm surprised at how little this has evolved in that time. Yellowish, but still very bright. Pear, melon, ripe grapefruit, steel and talc on the nose. Spirtzig still evident. Again, sweeter than I expected, and there has not been any evolution in the sugars that I can detect. Brisk, very pure and refined, with salinity showing on the red apple finish. This is fine kabinett which seems to be still in a primary phase and one for long-term cellaring.
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Yellowish colour now. Yellow & red apple nose, with some exotic fruit, pear and sherbert as well. Develops a minor, custard-like character. The palate is very intense, with the peach and red apple flavours having a very good length. There is more weight here than last time. Plenty of spritzig. Despite the almost saline finish, there is a lot more sweetness which weaves in and out on the front and the middle palates, than I expected. This should blossom in a couple of years, as the sugars evolve. Fine kabinett.
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I'm not sure that I got a good read on this. It feels like there is a lot of potential energy here and that the wine is coiled up still, but it's confusing because what's available now is very delicious and balanced. But there's something under the surface that feels like its worth waiting for.
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Light yellow, greyish. Not very aromatic, but some lemon, smoke and grass. Nice, half-sweet taste of apple, lime and straw. Medium bodied and well balanced. Worked well with strong spices, olive oil and dates (daddel..).
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Appearance: straw yellow Aroma: very little.Apple, lime. Medium-bodied with nice balance between sweetness and acidity. Mainly apple and lime on the palate.
Nice wine, but on the uninteresting side.
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Straw colour. A lovely nose of yeast, slate, white peach and floral notes. On the 2nd day, there was yellow apple, a bit of lime, green apple, sweet 'n' sour lemon confectionery, plus a slight smokey note. Lightish/medium body. Slight spritzig. Seamless off-dry palate. Lots of class here. On the 2nd day this was a little greener for a while, before blossoming. A fine, multi-layered kabinett.
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Not much to smell at first. Later the nose had something mineral and was a little smoky. Quite complex for a Kabinett. Taste was good with beautiful acidity as can be expected to match the sweetness. On the palate citrus fruit and peach with a light flavour of yeast. Very nice and light and can certainly develop a little still.
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5/4/2021 - Ingmars wrote:
It's close to six years since my last note and I'm surprised at how little this has evolved in that time. Yellowish, but still very bright. Pear, melon, ripe grapefruit, steel and talc on the nose. Spirtzig still evident. Again, sweeter than I expected, and there has not been any evolution in the sugars that I can detect. Brisk, very pure and refined, with salinity showing on the red apple finish. This is fine kabinett which seems to be still in a primary phase and one for long-term cellaring.
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5/25/2015 - Ingmars wrote:
Yellowish colour now. Yellow & red apple nose, with some exotic fruit, pear and sherbert as well. Develops a minor, custard-like character. The palate is very intense, with the peach and red apple flavours having a very good length. There is more weight here than last time. Plenty of spritzig. Despite the almost saline finish, there is a lot more sweetness which weaves in and out on the front and the middle palates, than I expected. This should blossom in a couple of years, as the sugars evolve. Fine kabinett.
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5/2/2014 - brooklynguy wrote:
I'm not sure that I got a good read on this. It feels like there is a lot of potential energy here and that the wine is coiled up still, but it's confusing because what's available now is very delicious and balanced. But there's something under the surface that feels like its worth waiting for.
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5/27/2012 - Leimgruber Likes this wine:
Still a lovely wine. Energy and balance still there. The palate is fuller than the last bottle. Salinity in the finish is really very nice indeed.
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11/12/2011 - Leimgruber Likes this wine: 90 Points
Delicate floral scents and a hint of gout de petrol. Lovely lightness on the palate, and so well balanced with some length.
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11/11/2010 - larsrog wrote: 86 Points
Light yellow, greyish.
Not very aromatic, but some lemon, smoke and grass.
Nice, half-sweet taste of apple, lime and straw. Medium bodied and well balanced.
Worked well with strong spices, olive oil and dates (daddel..).
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10/30/2010 - guitarkim wrote: 84 Points
Appearance: straw yellow
Aroma: very little.Apple, lime.
Medium-bodied with nice balance between sweetness and acidity. Mainly apple and lime on the palate.
Nice wine, but on the uninteresting side.
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6/26/2010 - Ingmars wrote:
Straw colour. A lovely nose of yeast, slate, white peach and floral notes. On the 2nd day, there was yellow apple, a bit of lime, green apple, sweet 'n' sour lemon confectionery, plus a slight smokey note. Lightish/medium body. Slight spritzig. Seamless off-dry palate. Lots of class here. On the 2nd day this was a little greener for a while, before blossoming. A fine, multi-layered kabinett.
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11/15/2009 - Leimgruber wrote: 89 Points
Not much to smell at first. Later the nose had something mineral and was a little smoky. Quite complex for a Kabinett. Taste was good with beautiful acidity as can be expected to match the sweetness. On the palate citrus fruit and peach with a light flavour of yeast. Very nice and light and can certainly develop a little still.
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