2018 Weingut Leipold Gässberg Silvaner

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  10/13/2021 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Glassware: Zalto Universal
  Prep: Pop n' pour
  
  Loads of chalk and a little vegetal/herbeous note on the nose. While mostly dominated by the minerality on the nose, the wine is bright, fresh, and complex, showing flavors of orange blossom, lemon peel, passion fruit, and gravel on the palate. Dry, well-integrated acidity, and with perfect tension on the palate, it's hard to put down the glass down. I could drink this all day.

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  7/31/2021 - RWG Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Really nice silvaner. Drank over 3 days. Love it

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  6/11/2021 - CADomer Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The third different Silvaner bottling that I have had from the young and extremely talented Peter Leipold. Each have been their own unique and different expression of Silvaner that clearly highlight the different vineyards that they come from. The one common thread between them is the expert hand of the winemaker and incredibly pure expression of their terroir.
  When speaking with Peter Leipold before opening this bottle, he used 3 words to describe the wine: pure, chalky and dry. Those were a dead on description and hit right at the heart of this wine.
  The wine was racy in a linear expression with chalky minerality and a long citrus pith infused lip smacking finish. There was also a saline note to the palate that added another dimension. With air the wine began to soften at the edges and pretty notes of orange blossom began to emerge on the nose.
  Enjoyed with roasted asparagus and then continued to watch this evolve over the next 3 hours. This was another delicious moment in my Silvaner education.

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