- Light gold color - Delicious again. Drank it with slow cooked elk chili and it went beautifully. Probably will improve with time but drinking great right now.
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Light yellow color with a bouquet that opened up significantly in the glass over time with aromas of citrus fruit. The wine is very light-bodied (with just 8% alcohol) yet has beautiful tropical fruit flavors with a spritz-like sensation in the mouth. There is good acidity and a long delicious finish. First rate spatlese from what was suppose to be a mediocre year.
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Shy in aroma, with vivid apple, violet and grapefruit flavors fixed by racy acidity. Superlight in weight, yet intense, with a long, mouthwatering finish. WS. Found this wine to be right on with their review. Very pale in color. Acidity was not as pronounced as many I have consumed, but good balance.
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Lots of dewy sweetness, much sweeter than the Darting spatleses; for people who like an unctuous style, but well done for the style. Very smooth. 90-92
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An extraordinarily refreshing bottle of wine: Wintergreen, pear, extremely ripe kiwi and apple mash on the nose, alongside the Dautenpflaenzer's very typical scent of dried or even burnt leaves (there are at times faint traces of smokiness that I associate more with the slatey aspects of this site). Palate-wise, there is a structure and electric liveliness to this wine that creates an instant desire for another drink...no sips here, just full-throttle gulps. There is an abundance of crackling acidity in this beauty, even a degree of grip that keeps all the tropical nuances taut and nimble, not cloying, gooey and boring. Lots of sweetness here, but I'm struck by how sophisticated it is: When you bury your nose in the glass, you still get the slightest hint of fermentation aromes, but when you take that first gulp, any overt yeastiness has given way to an extremely polished, tropical-fruit-cocktail-meets-middle-of-the-forest-floor iteration of a truly Grand Cru site, the Muensterer Dautenpflaenzer. Incredible stuff (screwcap closure, BTW).
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1/15/2012 - NY Wino wrote: 93 Points
- Light gold color - Delicious again. Drank it with slow cooked elk chili and it went beautifully. Probably will improve with time but drinking great right now.
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4/30/2011 - NY Wino wrote: 93 Points
Light yellow color with a bouquet that opened up significantly in the glass over time with aromas of citrus fruit. The wine is very light-bodied (with just 8% alcohol) yet has beautiful tropical fruit flavors with a spritz-like sensation in the mouth. There is good acidity and a long delicious finish. First rate spatlese from what was suppose to be a mediocre year.
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10/15/2010 - kcsteve Likes this wine: 90 Points
Shy in aroma, with vivid apple, violet and grapefruit flavors fixed by racy acidity. Superlight in weight, yet intense, with a long, mouthwatering finish. WS. Found this wine to be right on with their review. Very pale in color. Acidity was not as pronounced as many I have consumed, but good balance.
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1/19/2010 - amateurwino wrote: 91 Points
Lots of dewy sweetness, much sweeter than the Darting spatleses; for people who like an unctuous style, but well done for the style. Very smooth. 90-92
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1/19/2010 - hutch wrote: 87 Points
Skurnik/Theise Spring Tasting (City Winry): Sweet. Kind of gives me the eh? feeling. 86-88
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8/27/2009 - jvogel wrote:
An extraordinarily refreshing bottle of wine: Wintergreen, pear, extremely ripe kiwi and apple mash on the nose, alongside the Dautenpflaenzer's very typical scent of dried or even burnt leaves (there are at times faint traces of smokiness that I associate more with the slatey aspects of this site). Palate-wise, there is a structure and electric liveliness to this wine that creates an instant desire for another drink...no sips here, just full-throttle gulps. There is an abundance of crackling acidity in this beauty, even a degree of grip that keeps all the tropical nuances taut and nimble, not cloying, gooey and boring. Lots of sweetness here, but I'm struck by how sophisticated it is: When you bury your nose in the glass, you still get the slightest hint of fermentation aromes, but when you take that first gulp, any overt yeastiness has given way to an extremely polished, tropical-fruit-cocktail-meets-middle-of-the-forest-floor iteration of a truly Grand Cru site, the Muensterer Dautenpflaenzer. Incredible stuff (screwcap closure, BTW).
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