Rich, full, ripe nose, but little obviously riesling or really of any character. Light palate. Dull, thin and lacking character. No obvious fault, just a poor wine.
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Lemon gold. Rather flat nose - riesling petrol-minerality, but little else. No faults here (in contrast to other cellartrackers' notes). Weighty riesling palate, but all a bit thin and flat. Mature, but not old, and no oxidation. Not sure if this is closed, or suffering from 2003 disease, i.e. big 2003 overripeness, that has matured and revealed that apart from the hot summer, there wasn't much else here.
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11th of 12, completely maderised, like drinking oloroso sherry or vin jaune and off bottles at that........total crap and a disgrace as even underneath the wine shows not even a nodding acquaintance to the granitic schists of the Kastelberg - we've been completely conned and a hot vintage is no excuse for selling us this rubbish! Drink up, if at all!
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3/12/2019 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 82 Points
Rich, full, ripe nose, but little obviously riesling or really of any character.
Light palate. Dull, thin and lacking character. No obvious fault, just a poor wine.
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3/20/2018 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 82 Points
Lemon gold. Rather flat nose - riesling petrol-minerality, but little else.
No faults here (in contrast to other cellartrackers' notes).
Weighty riesling palate, but all a bit thin and flat. Mature, but not old, and no oxidation.
Not sure if this is closed, or suffering from 2003 disease, i.e. big 2003 overripeness, that has matured and revealed that apart from the hot summer, there wasn't much else here.
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7/9/2015 - liber Does not like this wine: 70 Points
11th of 12, completely maderised, like drinking oloroso sherry or vin jaune and off bottles at that........total crap and a disgrace as even underneath the wine shows not even a nodding acquaintance to the granitic schists of the Kastelberg - we've been completely conned and a hot vintage is no excuse for selling us this rubbish! Drink up, if at all!
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6/30/2015 - liber wrote: 85 Points
10th of 12, clean bottle at last, but still atypical, burly, slightly coarse, baked, almost tropical, fruit. At best good (15/20).
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4/2/2015 - liber Does not like this wine: 82 Points
6th of 12, again maderising, rubbish really and wholly lacking style and typicity of Kastelberg, a disgrace for such expensive wine.
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