1994 Darting Dürkheimer Hochbenn Muskateller Trockenbeerenauslese

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  12/30/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 84 Points

  I’m not getting the love that other CellarTrackers show. The color is a dark walnut brown. The nose (this wine’s best feature by far) is all roasted nuts, petrol, reduced honey and stewed yellow fruit. The wine is motor oil rich with balancing acid. The issue is that the palate is just not that enjoyable. Intense, yes, but where’s the warmth, the texture, the pleasure? Almost tough to sip. Interesting wine but happy this is my only bottle. (84)

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  2/8/2020 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  I am sure I am not the only one who remembers this wine with a smile- at release it was so lovely and so penetratingly deep, and at the price it seemed something really pretty to enjoy young. It may not have developed much since then, but it remains much as it was at release- kind of like Penfold's Grange. Ideally things transform, but for things that start off showing their best- staying there is a pretty good outcome as well.
  
  deep orange-brown color- just as it appeared at release, peaches and dried apricots on the nose, on the palate viscous and as penetrating and youthfully aggressive as it was at release, dates, figs, limes, textured, thick honey throughout but not cloying, good length, much as I remember it from years ago but with some subtle development, seems it could last forever.
  
  ****, now to 2034

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  12/31/2018 - gdporter wrote: 88 Points

  Matches other reviews In appearance - unctuous maple syrup appearance. Strong raisin/quince front with citric-peel background. I see all of the points raised by other reviews but strikes me as “trying-too-hard” without proper balance.

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  7/29/2017 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  A unique wine.
  Dark amber brown, akin to PX
  Aroma like a tin of sweetened lemon ice tea mix (in a good way)
  Syrupy thick, sweet; but with bracing acidity.
  Brilliant and timeless at this point.

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  6/4/2014 - Bandreas wrote: 93 Points

  Dark Amber Color, like an old Madeira;
  on nose dried apricots, raisins, burnt sugar, caramel and toffee. Intense acidity balancing it all and keeping it from cloying.
  On palate much intensity and a very long finish. the wine is not attacking the palate with an instant hit as for instance a Tokaji does, but the sensation is building a crescendo and seems to go on forever.

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