2009 Koehler-Ruprecht Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling Auslese trocken "R"

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  8/17/2023 - JHSP Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Super complex and balanced - really showed colours after 2-3 hours - wine needs time. Suttle flavours of peach, honey and velvet mouthfeel. Long finish and not overly fruity either! Aged Riesling Complexity at its best - 2nd day even more amazing, honey, oily, complex, caramel, hints of herbal notes of jasmin and tea - super long finish

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  5/22/2022 - GArpaia Likes this wine:

  Stellar Riesling.
  Pale lemon. Pronounced. Mandarin, orange, lemon, ripe. wet stones, chalk. Gentle oaky texture.Dried apple, dried pineapple, gasoline. High acidity. Med body. Long and complex. Outstanding.

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  5/25/2020 - GArpaia Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Just stellar. Insane cut with a never-ending finish. All depth, chiseled fruit macerated with crushed shells. Bone dry with hints of traditional Riesling notes. Fresh, Mineral and ethereal with plenty of life ahead.
  
  NB. They're one of the only estates in the Pfalz to not jump on the GG (Grosses Gewächs) bandwagon, and they still use prädikat language on their labels. As Dominik Sona, one of the main forces behind K-R’s energetic, youthful team tells it, terms like Spätlese and Auslese don't have much to do with sugar levels here. Especially since all the wines we’re discussing are dry, the familiar prädikats are used as terms to describe the character of the wine. The selection process is a bit complicated, but the short version is that they harvest in multiple passes, then select what's going to be Kabinett, Spätlese and Auslese based on tasting the barrels in the July following the harvest; the lightest and most refreshing wines become Kabinett, the most mineral are deemed Spätlese and the most deep and complex are declared Auslese. Additionally, two passes in the vineyard are dedicated to collecting berries of particular phenolic character: tiny, perfect, golden berries are selected for a Spätlese ‘R’ barrel and even smaller, amber-colored berries with no pips are selected for Auslese ‘R.’ If these barrels don’t live up to expectations, they are blended down into the lower cuvèes. and if they are better than expected, an ‘RR’ is born. Prior to release, the various reserve wines are held back in the cellar for late release: Spätlese ‘R’ for 4 years, Spätlese ‘RR’ for 5, Auslese ‘R’ for 6, and Auslese ‘RR’ for 7 years.

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  9/26/2019 - aquacongas Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Horizontal tasting of the27 best 2009 German Dry Rieslings; 9/16/2019-9/26/2019 (Concept Resling 14.09.2019): Semiblind
  I guessed right because unfortunately this bottle was not perfect and I know the bottle variation of Koehler-Ruprecht, some oxidation, red apple, some hints of glue, missing length. 88

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  6/26/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Koehler-Ruprecht The best Dries and some add-ons; 6/23/2019-6/27/2019 (Neuhof am See): Semiblind. All wines decanted for a few hours. Gabriel Standard glas. Flights of three, All KS dry wines of Spätlese, Auslese, Auslese R und RR.
  Exotic fruits as mango, precise, cracking acidity. The warm vintage gives a nice sexieness. Not too austere. For me at his first Peak. For me the strongest of the 2009's. 95

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