1997 Nigl Riesling halbtrocken Kremser Kremsleiten

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  4/22/2022 - SpenceP wrote: 92 Points

  Unlike the bottle tasted 10 months ago, this one showed clear signs of mild oxidation. While it was still lovely, this drastically changes my sense of the wine's potential longevity. If you have this in your cellar, given that the *good* bottles are already at their peak (so you have no need to worry about opening them too early), I'd now suggest finishing these as soon as is consistent with enjoying them. (As explained in my earlier note, this is the exact same wine--yes, exactly--as CellarTracker's "1997 Nigl Riesling Kremser Kremsleiten"--somehow, two CellarTracker listings exist, neither of them with the exact wording on the label.) [Stoppered and kept cool overnight, the remainder of this wine was no longer enjoyable 24 hours later. The score does not reflect this.]

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  6/22/2021 - SpenceP wrote: 95 Points

  Quietly beautiful. Peaches, lemon, almonds, apples, cantaloupe, honeydew, rich caramel, a faint hint of tangerine near the end of the gorgeous long aftertaste. Peaceful and wonderful. About the level of sweetness you'd expect in a California Chardonnay. Should stay lovely for at least six years, probably much longer. (This exact same wine is also listed in CellarTracker as "1997 Nigl Riesling Kremser Kremsleiten"--yes, the exact same wine. The label actually says "Urgesteins-Riesling", not just "Riesling", so if you have that, this is that too. I'm putting this tasting note in both places.)

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