This wine is almost criminally easy to drink. Magnums like this one disappear in the blink of an eye. As much as I like the Kabinetts from Falkenstein, I think I agree with my ITB friend that this is the best wine they make. There is an added gloss and depth to the fruit and while it doesn't have the mouthwatering aspect to the same degree, there is an added stoniness. All of the white pitted fruits, melons and bits of citrus one could want with a firm mineral underpinning and a discrete almost lushness that I think is the mark of the vintage, but by no means is this blowsy. I guess these may age gracefully, but I think that Erich Weber says to drink them within 10 years so who am I to argue. I'll drink mine within 5.
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pale. cut peach, lime zest, maybe a hint of gas? zinger acidity- made my teeth sensitive to the toothbrush after! nicely integrated palate with plentiful stone and good proportions of apple and citrus.
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C: Very pale with a slight yellow tinge N: Strong, but what's that odor? Peach and petrol? P: Light, bracing and very long. Notes of peach. Rich but with a nice acid spine. Slightly off-dry, but with excellent balance and length. Very well made. Strong flavor, but it's a spät, so what do you expect?
I kept it under vacuvin in the fridge for about five days. First it got stronger, then smoother, finally perhaps a bit faded. Clearly a very interesting wine, if a bit young.
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9/19/2021 - Biskuit Likes this wine: 93 Points
In. The. Zone.
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2/10/2019 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points
This wine is almost criminally easy to drink. Magnums like this one disappear in the blink of an eye. As much as I like the Kabinetts from Falkenstein, I think I agree with my ITB friend that this is the best wine they make. There is an added gloss and depth to the fruit and while it doesn't have the mouthwatering aspect to the same degree, there is an added stoniness. All of the white pitted fruits, melons and bits of citrus one could want with a firm mineral underpinning and a discrete almost lushness that I think is the mark of the vintage, but by no means is this blowsy. I guess these may age gracefully, but I think that Erich Weber says to drink them within 10 years so who am I to argue. I'll drink mine within 5.
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10/4/2018 - bps2266 wrote: 91 Points
pale. cut peach, lime zest, maybe a hint of gas? zinger acidity- made my teeth sensitive to the toothbrush after! nicely integrated palate with plentiful stone and good proportions of apple and citrus.
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8/7/2018 - dhp. Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinking really well right now. Has mellowed out since my last bottle 2 years ago at release.
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7/27/2017 - Peter Kleban Likes this wine:
* or **, hard to judge
C: Very pale with a slight yellow tinge
N: Strong, but what's that odor? Peach and petrol?
P: Light, bracing and very long. Notes of peach. Rich but with a nice acid spine. Slightly off-dry, but with excellent balance and length. Very well made. Strong flavor, but it's a spät, so what do you expect?
I kept it under vacuvin in the fridge for about five days. First it got stronger, then smoother, finally perhaps a bit faded. Clearly a very interesting wine, if a bit young.
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