Decanted for 1.5h the back into bottle. Now 2.5h after decant. Lovely aromas of petrol, honey, tart apples, minerals, and herbs. Palate w honey, tart apples, pineapple, herbs, minerals. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice acids that balance the fruitiness of the wine. Nice long finish. Still fresh and lovely. Definitely w a lot fruit but w added complexity. My only nitpick is that I wish it had more acid but then, most likely this is the vintage. Still, this is lovely.
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Excellent showing... such a nose, sweet honeysuckle, oolong. Beautiful apricot and more of the tea in the mouth. So fun; delicious but never cloying, excellent with the food (Chinese).
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Decanted for 1h. Mild petrol on nose with minerals, peaches, apples, pineapples and a hint of bitter herbs. Palate is a nice balanced blend of peaches and pineapple fruits with an excellent mineral core that leads into a nice finish of peaches, ripe oranges, pineapples and more minerals. Very good, but not great acids, keep this from being cloying. 11 years from harvest but still tastes young. Glad I have a couple more bottles of this.
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Very powerful nose of petrol; so powerful that I thought it might be corked at first. Then I remembered that corked wines smell like wet dog, and this wine is just showing intense varietal characteristics. That note disappears on the palate where it is all bright fruits, acidity and creamy slate. Overall excellent, even though the nose was a bit perplexing at first.
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The German Crush Tour; 10/8/2017-10/16/2017: man, am i glad i have a few of these!! special plot - thus the name. the harder slate here lends to a bright, elegant wine. sweet peach over mineral, just a hint of petrol on the nose, elegant and long... excellent already.
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4/30/2022 - James Kim Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 1.5h the back into bottle. Now 2.5h after decant. Lovely aromas of petrol, honey, tart apples, minerals, and herbs. Palate w honey, tart apples, pineapple, herbs, minerals. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice acids that balance the fruitiness of the wine. Nice long finish. Still fresh and lovely. Definitely w a lot fruit but w added complexity. My only nitpick is that I wish it had more acid but then, most likely this is the vintage. Still, this is lovely.
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11/8/2018 - brinko99 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent showing... such a nose, sweet honeysuckle, oolong. Beautiful apricot and more of the tea in the mouth. So fun; delicious but never cloying, excellent with the food (Chinese).
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3/12/2018 - James Kim Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for 1h. Mild petrol on nose with minerals, peaches, apples, pineapples and a hint of bitter herbs. Palate is a nice balanced blend of peaches and pineapple fruits with an excellent mineral core that leads into a nice finish of peaches, ripe oranges, pineapples and more minerals. Very good, but not great acids, keep this from being cloying. 11 years from harvest but still tastes young. Glad I have a couple more bottles of this.
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12/25/2017 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine:
Very powerful nose of petrol; so powerful that I thought it might be corked at first. Then I remembered that corked wines smell like wet dog, and this wine is just showing intense varietal characteristics. That note disappears on the palate where it is all bright fruits, acidity and creamy slate. Overall excellent, even though the nose was a bit perplexing at first.
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10/14/2017 - Mlermontov wrote: 92 Points
The German Crush Tour; 10/8/2017-10/16/2017: man, am i glad i have a few of these!! special plot - thus the name. the harder slate here lends to a bright, elegant wine. sweet peach over mineral, just a hint of petrol on the nose, elegant and long... excellent already.
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