Half bottle, 11.5% ABV. Deep orange amber colour; rich and expressive nose, deep yet fresh, (dried) tropical fruit, ripe peach, spicy honey, some baked apple fruit too but much more (T)BA than Eiswein in character, Alpine herbs indicate age; the palate is very sweet (36.5 Brix, which equates to 160 Oechsle; 180 gr/l RS) with gentle mousse and a bright acidic kick, juicy fruit, intense flavours of apple pie, belies its power and sweetness; very good length, white peach and apple, honey. A very good dessert wine, but I am not really sure what the sparkle adds other that it seems to take away richness on the palate - it is very subtle anyway.
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Dark orange with very small bubbles which are passive in the glass. Nose of ripe, even rotting apple, some clove. The palate is very sweet but is lively and very spicy, hits of pepper and chilli even, the fruit is apple pie, and the finish is very long. Very distinctive, very good and very expensive.
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1/18/2020 - lesz Likes this wine: 90 Points
not much in the way of bubbles but still very nice
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6/14/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Half bottle, 11.5% ABV. Deep orange amber colour; rich and expressive nose, deep yet fresh, (dried) tropical fruit, ripe peach, spicy honey, some baked apple fruit too but much more (T)BA than Eiswein in character, Alpine herbs indicate age; the palate is very sweet (36.5 Brix, which equates to 160 Oechsle; 180 gr/l RS) with gentle mousse and a bright acidic kick, juicy fruit, intense flavours of apple pie, belies its power and sweetness; very good length, white peach and apple, honey. A very good dessert wine, but I am not really sure what the sparkle adds other that it seems to take away richness on the palate - it is very subtle anyway.
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12/24/2014 - bacchus of knockholt Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark orange with very small bubbles which are passive in the glass. Nose of ripe, even rotting apple, some clove. The palate is very sweet but is lively and very spicy, hits of pepper and chilli even, the fruit is apple pie, and the finish is very long. Very distinctive, very good and very expensive.
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11/8/2013 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 90 Points
Beth's BDAY (Our house): Dark color, good sweetness, lasting on the palate, crisp
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10/26/2013 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 91 Points
Amber color, sweet nose, likable with some tartness. Good experience
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