1988 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  1/3/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Inglorious Batards (Noreetuh restaurant, Manhattan, NY): Tasted double blind along side another wine. This is wine #2. Clearly older Mosel Riesling. Bigger than #1, sweet. Heavier and a bit more bronze. Some citrus and minerals. Deeper with good acid, sugar, rock candy, spices. Good acid on the finish. Nose - 4.5/6, Palate - 4.5-5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15-15.5/20.
  
  Clearly this was older Riesling from the Mosel. I guessed 1990 with the acid and decent fruit but then told that these were 1988s which clearly made more sense. We were told that the 2 blinds were from the same year and same producer and I ended up guess Egon Muller and WBK Spatleses, with this being the WBK, based on some feeling of Saar, something musky. When told they were Loosen I immediately thought #1 was UW, and this was EP. I think I was the only one at the table who liked #1 (UW) better than this one. Although this wine was bigger and had more power and acid, it lacked the poise, finesse and complexity of the UW.

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  10/8/2014 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Much more sedate than the Maximum Grunhauser but ultimately cuts a wider swath across the palate with complex flavors of green apple, anise and herbs. Quite rounded and perfectly mature, this really grew in the glass even thoug it lacks the juicy acidity of the other Germans. A more intellectual wine.

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  9/3/2009 - pulver wrote: 87 Points

  Nice and fruity right out of the bottle. Beautiful golden colour, apples, nuts on the nose. Nice viscosity on the palate, some petroleum, lemon. Good remaining acidity. Will not be surprised if this one lasts for a good couple of years.

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  12/24/2006 - abbulf wrote:

  Just as good as last time. Lots of apple and citrus on the nose. This one also feels quite fresh despite its 18 years. Will probably last some more years. Great wine.

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  12/8/2006 - abbulf wrote:

  Drank this at home with a fish soup and a friend. Strong yellow colour and lovely smell. Petroleum, but not as much as expected. In the mouth there were lots of acid and also some sugar left, but it went well with the soup. A very, very good wine that is a coup at the price (30$ in Norway) and that probably still have some years left.

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