Nahe night at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): This was the vintage I was able to taste when I visited Germany so many years ago, and this bottle today hasn't changed my impression of it one bit. It's still a predominantly white-fruited vintage with crazy acidity that makes for some really exciting spätlese. This is clean as a whistle, and the acidity is so refreshing it works as a sorbet course by itself. At this point in the meal, this bottle was revitalizing.
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Riesling night at HaiSous (Chicago, IL): #15-16, 8.5% abv. Wow. This is a killer effort from ES. This shows the vintage characteristic so well: white-toned, electric, tons of acidity, and generous white fruit. If there is a complaint about 2015, I would think it's that too many of the wines taste the same; is there something particularly distinctive about this wine, compared to many other 2015s I've tasted? It's quite difficult to say. But whatever, it's insanely delicious now.
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7/18/2021 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Nahe night at Table, Donkey and Stick (Chicago, IL): This was the vintage I was able to taste when I visited Germany so many years ago, and this bottle today hasn't changed my impression of it one bit. It's still a predominantly white-fruited vintage with crazy acidity that makes for some really exciting spätlese. This is clean as a whistle, and the acidity is so refreshing it works as a sorbet course by itself. At this point in the meal, this bottle was revitalizing.
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12/11/2020 - matlee89 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Less overtly sweet than most spatlese, with floral notes and good balance.
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11/15/2017 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Riesling night at HaiSous (Chicago, IL): #15-16, 8.5% abv. Wow. This is a killer effort from ES. This shows the vintage characteristic so well: white-toned, electric, tons of acidity, and generous white fruit. If there is a complaint about 2015, I would think it's that too many of the wines taste the same; is there something particularly distinctive about this wine, compared to many other 2015s I've tasted? It's quite difficult to say. But whatever, it's insanely delicious now.
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