Good solid structure but still very tightly wound at the moment. Just a bit too acidic to be really enjoyable just yet but I have no doubt that it will get there in the end. The 2013 B de B is absolutely singing right now so revisit the 2015 in 2025?
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I can see why JS gave this 100pts back in 2021. The wine is incredibly taut and precise with delicious ripe fruit wrapped tightly around a core of steel. The acidity is electrifying and it all comes together and just works. Drank this over three days and it was best on day three having opened out and settled down. At the moment, I think this wine is too young to get maximum enjoyment although there's no disputing the refreshment value. I'll leave my remining four bottles a few more years before broaching again. Tremendous stuff.
27yrs young and still going strong. These bottles had leaky/sticky capsules when I bought them way back in 1999, but fill level looks fine although the cork did fall apart on opening.
Medium straw gold colour with fabulous Riesling aromatics - quince. pear, gooseberry and two stroke petrol. On the palette only spatlese sweetness as others have mentioned and the fruit is still alive although now mature and honied. There is quite sharp grapefruit acidity on the finish however that I don't remember from old which is a little bit unbalancing.
Overall, still a class act and although I don't have much experience of older rieslings, I think that it's probably time to drink up.That acidity is just a little too harsh for me.
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9/3/2021 8:07:00 PM - Thanks for your insights. We're enjoying the '09 Haut-Bailly in the Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, USA, with herb-crusted rack of lamb. It's a winner.
2015 Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs
2/16/2024 - gouldcampbell77 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good solid structure but still very tightly wound at the moment. Just a bit too acidic to be really enjoyable just yet but I have no doubt that it will get there in the end. The 2013 B de B is absolutely singing right now so revisit the 2015 in 2025?
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2019 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Grünlack Spätlese
2/7/2024 - gouldcampbell77 Likes this wine:
I can see why JS gave this 100pts back in 2021. The wine is incredibly taut and precise with delicious ripe fruit wrapped tightly around a core of steel. The acidity is electrifying and it all comes together and just works. Drank this over three days and it was best on day three having opened out and settled down. At the moment, I think this wine is too young to get maximum enjoyment although there's no disputing the refreshment value. I'll leave my remining four bottles a few more years before broaching again. Tremendous stuff.
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1997 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
1/26/2024 - gouldcampbell77 Likes this wine: 89 Points
27yrs young and still going strong. These bottles had leaky/sticky capsules when I bought them way back in 1999, but fill level looks fine although the cork did fall apart on opening.
Medium straw gold colour with fabulous Riesling aromatics - quince. pear, gooseberry and two stroke petrol. On the palette only spatlese sweetness as others have mentioned and the fruit is still alive although now mature and honied. There is quite sharp grapefruit acidity on the finish however that I don't remember from old which is a little bit unbalancing.
Overall, still a class act and although I don't have much experience of older rieslings, I think that it's probably time to drink up.That acidity is just a little too harsh for me.
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