2011 Weiser-Künstler Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling Spätlese trocken

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  1/6/2024 - Ingmars wrote:

  A bottle on New Year's Eve: 2.4cm ullage and old leak. Not decanted, however. Fullish bright yellow colour, adding some gold with time. Nose is floral with pungent white fruit, sort of between Mosel and Rheingau. Fresh and generous mouth. A much better bottle after a slightly oxidized one on 30th march 2023. Between Very good and VG+.

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  3/3/2023 - Ingmars wrote:

  Another riesling over two days. This is the label which became the Enkircher Ellergrub Große Eule in the very next vintage. A quite dulled medium yellow. Reductive nose blows off in a minute to reveal pungent white to pale yellowish fruit and blossom, with the ripeness only coming out properly fifteen minutes after being withdrawn from the 2°C cold cellar. Half an hour in, the fruit recedes and a complex, though delicate, chocolatey-floral character emerges. Pungent whiteish-yellowish fruit in the mouth has medium intensity, but as it warms, the intensity, as well as the length, increases. Despite the appearance, this is still very fresh and with considerable zing. But, I'm missing a sweet spot and am finding a degree of bitterness taking its place.
  
  Day 2 from a half-bottle: Yellowish citrus nose with hints of wax. At first, there is a bit of grip here from the phenols and the bitterness of yesterday as well. As it warms (I'm talking 15°C), the bitterness doesn't have any further impact on enjoyment, because one's attention is drawn to the palate having become very silky, seamless and pure. I was a little ambivalent on the first day, but the second day's performance is very good plus. I should decant the next bottle.

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  2/20/2023 - MJHDC wrote:

  I have had a few bottles of 2011 German riesling over the past weeks and all three have been a joy to drink (if not profound). This bottle has the most mineral, sponti and complex aromas, perhaps a smidgen more weight (for a Mosel riesling)

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  8/27/2022 - short and confused wrote:

  Last one. Brighter and satisfying but nothing special.

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  8/27/2022 - short and confused wrote:

  This one was advanced. Oh well

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