2021 Hofgut Falkenstein Niedermenniger Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese feinherb "Meyer Nepal" #11

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  11/13/2023 - Achermann Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I experienced this wine to be way too young at this moment - far better on day 2 and 3.
  
  That being said, it really hits the sweetspot between dry and prädikat. Lovely acidity. I just miss some of the maturity of the spätlese fruit right now.
  
  Hold.

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  10/28/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 93 Points

  Young with loads of energy.

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  10/11/2023 - gilrbo Likes this wine:

  Thrilling, electric acidity, but with some weight and sweetness to give it some balance. Lots of minerality too, generating a play between acidity, sweetness and saltiness. This is quite stunning now, but even more promising for the future.

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  8/24/2023 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  I have struggled with some 2021 German Rieslings, but this one hits the right spot. There is brightness, like spotlights on the palate. There is also a degree of richness that stands up to those bright lights. It’s that Feinherb sweet spot, where the dry wines and the pradikat wines meet in a place of harmony. The combination of salty minerality and lime fruit in a vinous margarita. It’s fun, it’s refreshing, and it’s food friendly in the way that Feinherb so often is. So easy to drink!

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  7/16/2023 - Bagwhat Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted from magnum by the glass at Beddia. A second glass later was very different. More sponti, more funk. Still great, but different. Either the difference between a long-opened bottle and a new one, or a different vintage (I saw a bottle of 2020 around). This first glass was spectacular:
  
  Pretty, powerful nose of herbs and cream, apples and pears, stonedust and smoke, and some spice and ginger. The palate entry is electric with a current that carries until the end. The mid palate fruit is incredibly deep, like peering into a barrel of yellow orange tropics. There’s some mango hiding in a bushel of apples, lemon zest on pineapple. The finish is a swirl of cream and fruit and cumin and herb, backed by intense mineral and rippling acids but girdled by a creaminess that leaves it neither feeling austere, nor lush. Instead there is nervous energy everywhere and it leaves you tingling.

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