Matthew Cohen

9.5

@delectable dhroner hofberg reserve

Nose: yellow flowers. Rich. Luscious.

Palate: Blasts you on open. Yellow fruits. Mineral. Very rich. Spicy.

Fass selections — 6 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Holee shit. Best nose of the morning. Smells like a scene in nature. Holy moly. Honeyed apricots. So so insane. Minerals. Peach. So vivid, so precise, icing on a cake. Confectionery but also a scene in nature. Wow. Saffron? Smells sweet like but is bone dry. Juicy and pure, so fresh and so compact. Structured and dense. Crystalline purity. Compact. Stunning. Wow acid. Cheeks tingle and tongue does not tingle. Amazing freshness. This is superb and dense, but so nimble and elegant. The length is endless. This is as brilliant as anything I’ve ever had at fass selections. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Birthday wine. No formal notes. Stunningly elegant and beautiful Auslese showing a bit of secondary but has 50+ more years and at least 20+ till it sings. Still a youngish Auslese of this quality is really fun to drink. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Unreal! The Coche bottling of the Mosel. Stunning richness and elegance allied with awesome acidity. Genius. — 6 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Stunning nose. Just grips you. Huge ripeness. Stone fruits and apricots. Honey. Lychee. So clear and vivid though also has amazing refinement. Slate comes through after 10 minutes in the glass. But these will last for days and days. Lime flesh. Keeps opening and opening. Palate is stunning. So decadent and sappy but with great freshness from the intense minerality. So sappy and pure. Amazing mouthfeel here. Rich and opulent but also has just enough acidity to keep it together and then the minerality propels you across the finish line. This will improve with air. My score will go up.

After 4 hours this is a marvel and a stunner. Nose is more restrained and mineral. Palate has stunning treacly texture and such depth and finishes dry but with opulence. Stunning. But still a 9.6. — 3 years ago

Kylie Henshaw

9.0

2002 vintage. Very light- lemon limey with a little bit of iron taste. — 7 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

To be specific, this is the Laubenheimer Karthauser Riesling Trocken. Very exuberant nose. Loads of bright, ripe green apple fruit, a little fresh green herb (tarragon?), a yeasty note, and loads of slatey minerals. Very fruity on the palate, round textured, acids are quite soft. Not super complex but very fun. — 2 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Never found this richness and density in this region nor this vintage before.
Wonderful..! — 4 years ago

X

9.2

Hidrocarburos, boca dulce muy elegante — 7 years ago

Bren Depr

9.4

A beautiful wine. Such a luscious texture with smells and flavors of rich tropical fruits and apricots. For $15 a bottle, this wine was an absolute steel! A classic example of how noble Mosel Rieslings are quite the bargain. — 7 years ago