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Ian Sutton
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David M. Bueker
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David M. Bueker wrote:2006 F.X. Pichler Riesling Smaragd Loibner Berg
This wine could have been great. The initial aromatics and flavors are beguiling. The breadth of texture is lovely. Then the alcohol kicks in and ruins everything. It's "Absolut Riesling." Damn. I am convinced once again that evn dry Riesling should never have more than 12.5 or maybe 13% alcohol. 12% is better.
David M. Bueker
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David M. Bueker wrote:That was very much on theme Ian. We've had a lot of Aussie Riesling this month.
Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.urbans-hof.de/&ei=YbuWTJ2mJZKjnQetkOWqCA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSt.Urbans-Hof%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Tim, what is the track record of this house? There are a few wines here in Edmonton, must be a progressive agent I think. Maybe I can find something off-dry!
David M. Bueker
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Salil wrote:Two more from dinner last night.
2007 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Großes Gewächs
Tremendous. A spectrum of bright, fresh fruit combined with intense stony mineral and gentle floral elements in a seamless, incredibly polished whole. Everything here is in perfect balance and proportion, and given how well this is drinking right now I will have a hard time keeping my hands off other bottles. A stunning foil for the pan roasted quail.
2009 Peter Lauer Ayler Kupp Riesling Senior Faß 6
Kicks ass again. Made of the same bright fruit, minerality and electric acids as the last bottle I encountered, but the fruit here seemed even more piercingly bright and precise. Delicious.
ChaimShraga wrote:Notes from a George Breuer Tasting:
Rauenthal, Nonnenberg, Erst Gewachs, 2005
Elegant nose, starts austere with green apples and lovely hints of minerals that grow more pronounced as it opens. The palate has a rough edge, there is a very nice green apple driven acidity but there is a raspy bitterness on the finish that makes for a pinching effect. Picks up some complexity as it opens but still too young and shut for me to succumb.
Terra Montosa, 2008
This blend of different vineyards has residual sugar which is obvious even though the wine feels only a step between dry and off dry. The nose here is fruitier, friendlier than the previous entry while the wine is much more open and ready on the palate. Apple driven, and monolithically so, whereas the Nonnenberg had more nuances. In the end, there is something too simple on the palate for my taste, without any youthful zest to take up the slack.
Rauenthal, Nonnenberg, Erst Gewachs, 2007
The nose and palate, surprisingly, are both more open and complex than the 2005, with spicy nuances, as well as being sweeter and fruitier. The 2005 might have the more challenging structure, and in a sense the 07 is a limpid sort of fellow, but its roundness has great charm without the older vintage's roughness and has appealing aromatic complexity.
Rudesheimer, Berg Roseneck, Erst Gewachs, 2007
Ah, what a great nose - complex, detailed, morphing the apples at its core into something that owes more to gunpowder and flint than to fruit. The palate has greater balance than anything yet, and by far too! - with a bite on the finish that belies the preceeding harmony. All of which are tempered by a sweetness that comes from the fruit, not any RS.
Since I prefer it to the Nonnenberg, I like the fact that the Roseneck is lower priced.
Rudesheimer, Berg Rottland, Erst Gewachs, 2007
This wine doesn't evolve a lot even with time and air and while it shows a regal personality with a savory saline finish, it doesn't have the same exciting wow factor as the Roseneck. But it's still the 2nd best dry wine of the night.
Rauenthal, Nonnenberg, Auslese Goldkapsel, 2007
This has the marmalade/tofee nose I expect from, and love in, a dessert wine, with botrytis funk to boot: you can smell its breed! Doesn't hurt that the palate has better acidity than a Sauternes. Lovely. Outstanding. The Poison Ivy to my Carl Gardner.
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JC (NC)
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