WTN 2001 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese

Well, this is fantastic. Absolutely perfect on a hot, humid summer day.
Fresh citrus, nectarine and apple fruit tinged with slate and the start of developing creaminess. It's still very youthful, but so fun to drink now with just moderate sweetness balanced by bright acidity, a sense of incredible purity and freshness to the flavours and a sheer drinkability that makes it disappear quickly. My last bottle, but no complaints about drinking it this young as I would not want to miss what it has to show right now.

[David M. Bueker]

I think I know where to find some.

Thanks for the note. Will have to go digging soon.

Well, this is fantastic. Absolutely perfect on a hot, humid summer day.
Fresh citrus, nectarine and apple fruit tinged with slate and the start of developing creaminess. It's still very youthful, but so fun to drink now with just moderate sweetness balanced by bright acidity, a sense of incredible purity and freshness to the flavours and a sheer drinkability that makes it disappear quickly. My last bottle, but no complaints about drinking it this young as I would not want to miss what it has to show right now.

Would it be fair to call 2001 the best vintage of Riesling from Germany after 1997 and before 2005?

[David M. Bueker]

Well, this is fantastic. Absolutely perfect on a hot, humid summer day.
Fresh citrus, nectarine and apple fruit tinged with slate and the start of developing creaminess. It's still very youthful, but so fun to drink now with just moderate sweetness balanced by bright acidity, a sense of incredible purity and freshness to the flavours and a sheer drinkability that makes it disappear quickly. My last bottle, but no complaints about drinking it this young as I would not want to miss what it has to show right now.

Would it be fair to call 2001 the best vintage of Riesling from Germany after 1997 and before 2005?

I would go further than that in both directions. How about from 1991 to the present.