1999 Nigl Riesling Senftenberger Piri

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  1/5/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Light golden. Marvelous underripe pineapple and peach aromatics. Glossy, full bodied, real Smaragd weight. So much glycerine and material that it at first gives the impression of some sweetness, but then it lays down a trail of great soil and minerality to have a scintillating finish. I may have been hyperbolic when I guessed decades of life back in 2007 (I was younger back then), but this wine has had a pretty great 15 year run. This was the last of 4 bottles that all provided a lot of pleasure and interest.

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  3/7/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Still light. Marvelous nose of tangerine, orange zest, and as it warmed, pear. Light to medium weight with great intensity of flavor, especially an explosive lemony component that arrives late. It's been a year and a half since I last tried this and it remains fresh, wonderful, and exciting.

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  9/29/2007 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Marvelous once again with even greater body and harmony this time. Virtually perfect, benchmark dry Riesling with endless complexity, this bottle showing some smokiness in addition to everything else going on.

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  1/28/2007 - drwine2001 wrote:

  I don't know what I found more amazing about this wine: that it started its life as grape juice or that such a pale, limpid wine could be packed with so much complexity and flavor. Visually, it could have been a 2005 German Riesling, as light as it was. Very Chablis-like on the nose at first; then, as it opened and warmed, wonderful, soaring high tones (like grappa?), with a touch of honeysuckle and peach. Incredibly focused acidity and mineral core, slowly unfolding to reveal quinine, further layers, and a loooong finish. This was one of the greatest dry Rieslings I've ever had, regardless of origin, and is right up there with the 1990 Nikolaihof Vinothek that was released a few years ago. I honestly believe that it is at the BEGINNING of a glorious drinking window which will last several decades. Wow.

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