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2/25/2022 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points
Fermented spontaneously, aged in stainless steel on the fine lees. 11,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
Medium-deep yellow-green color. Slightly reticent nose of white flowers, some sharp Granny Smith apple, a little bit of ripe peachy fruit, light honeyed tones, a mineral hint of stone dust and a touch of beeswax. The wine is dry-to-dry-ish, quite mineral and medium-bodied on the palate with bright flavors of apple blossom, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of ripe citrus fruit, light steely mineral nuances, a hint of apple peel bitterness and a sweet touch of ripe, grapey fruit. The moderately high acidity keeps the wine very nicely in balance. The finish is fresh, mineral and quite mouth-cleansing with rather long flavors of steely minerality, some ripe Golden Delicious apple, a little bit of lemon zest, light grapey tones, a hint of wet stones and a subtly sweet touch of honey.
A nice, clean and balanced Riesling - perhaps a bit anonymous and surprisingly modest in acidity for a 2010 Riesling. That is not to say that the wine wasn't high in acidity; but just as I said with my previous TN on this wine, I expected a 2010 Rheingau Riesling to have noticeably higher acidity. Overall this is a nice wine, but I really didn't see much evolution here compared to the previous time I tasted the wine (almost exactly 4 years ago) and the overall style is still pretty closed. I think this wine just needs more time - as virtually all Querbach wines do - and if the wine is opened now, it needs a decant of 1-2 hours, if not more. Most likely this wine won't be showing its best until its 20th birthday. Tasty stuff for patient people, terrific value at just 12€.
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2/16/2018 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points
Fermented spontaneously, aged in stainless steel on the fine lees. 11,5% alcohol.
Pale lime green color. Cool and a bit reticent, yet still very pretty and attractive nose with somewhat ripe and sweet aromas of waxiness, beeswax, some kerosene, a little bit of sweet yellow apple and a hint of stone dust. The wine feels ripe, rich and moderately full-bodied on the palate with juicy flavors of peach, lemon marmalade, some creamy richness, a little bit of sweet apple purée, a hint of steely minerality and a touch of something waxy and a bit funky. Despite its richness and relatively full body, the wine is still quite high in acidity - the acidity just isn't that obvious because of the masking richness. The finish is vibrant, complex and long with flavors of steely minerality, ripe citrus fruits, some sweet yellow apples, a little bit of honeyed richness and a hint of wet stones.
Considering how Rheingau is normally associated with austere and aggressively steely wines and 2010 was known as the acid-head's vintage, I was expecting this wine to be nigh inapproachable at this point. However, thanks to Querbach's idiosyncratic, rich style, the wine was surprisingly approachable now - although still remarkably youthful for a Riesling at +7 years of age and showing very little signs of development. Altough approachable now, these wines benefit noticeably from bottle age, so I would recommend to keep this wine for at least another 5-7 years - there is quite a bit of potential lurking here, but still very little of it realized. A balanced and very promising wine; superb value at only 8,70€.
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