Andrew McIntyre

9.4

Serious showing...definately positively surprised. Flinty lemon and crushed stones. If this has a little bit more acid at the end I would have been in Riesling heaven!!! Went amazing with grilled salmon — 8 months ago

Aaron Tan

9.4

BR was only off by a decade in this blind, which is both a testament to her blind-tasting acumen and the producer's greatness. She thought it was an 05' which given how young this was looking, was a forgivable mistake. The producer was an easy one - that unmistakable green tea aroma with streaks of white flowers, kaffir lime, and anise was just so Grunhaus. How she figured out it was from Abtsberg still baffles me, but I guess it was really just a 50/50 shot once the producer was established. Finally the lightness and dry linear finish placed it right in the Kabinett Trocken territory. Bravo, BR! As for me, the wine was just too digestible to have warranted any thought when drinking - disappeared over lunch with a good half of the effort contributed by yours truly. — 2 years ago

Deborah M

9.4

We tasted a lot of wine at Merry Edwards. The new winemaker, Heidi von der Mehden, even popped in to say hello during the tasting. I will wait to review the rest of what I ordered as I open them, but this was my wine of the tasting for me. I have enjoyed every vintage of Olivet Lane that I have tried thus far, and this was no exception. This wine was full bodied, ripe fruit, and push mouthfeel. I tend to like Olivet Lane after its had a few years of age — really all of her wines are better with a little age IMO. — 3 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Outstanding - tastes like NSG/Gevrey blend. Quite dark. Dark fruit with a touch of cherry and a raspberry aftertaste. Cloves. Plenty of minerals. Very well managed tannins. This would be 80-100$ if it would be a Burgh. Bought only 2 bottles to sample the wine but will buy this in the future. Very Burgundian. If you want to pay less but still have the Burgh experience this is it. Lyle an of this left? — 4 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

Mineral and cut. Precise. Have one more bottle to check in on down the road. — a year ago

Aravind A

9.4

Pop and pour. Fascinating. Entirely unlike any rendition of Kirchspiel from this producer that I have ever tasted. On the nose: peach, ripe guava, and a strong coffee/toast note, vaguely reminiscent of von Winning's Pechstein. On the palate more as expected: lovely acidity, amazing density, light lemon cotton candy, followed by dense lemon oil and lime. Lovely contrast, and an elegant tangy finish. Yum! — 2 years ago

Iwan

9.1

21 year old Kabinett. Some might say that this is past it’s peak, but I love Kabinetts with age on them. Beautiful amber color. Peach or apricot ok the nose. On the palate vibrant acidity. This doesn’t have a lot of life left but still so good right now. — 3 years ago

Kurt Schuster

9.4

Smells of honeysuckle and ripe honeydew. Scream in the city, mouthwatering deliciousness. A perfect balance to dry and sweet. I can’t pick out if it’s a little sweet or a little dry but it’s wonderful for whatever it is. Thoroughly enjoying this one, you just have to be ready for the acidity. Drinking this reminds me of dating a Latina, sweet and fire and everything you desire. 🤣 — 3 years ago

Vanessa

9.1

Tonight, we’re taking a sensory trip to one of Germany’s most northerly wine-producing regions; care to join us?  🇩🇪

We’re headed to the Mosel and, more specifically, the Grosse Lage (like a “grand cru”) vineyard of Bockstein, Ockfen situated in the Saar Valley (southwest) of Mosel, near the border of Luxembourg.  Mosel is one of Germany’s coolest and most marginal climates where the quality of the vineyard site is imperative to achieving full ripeness of the fruit.  🍇 🌞

Here we have a 2010 Kabinett Riesling produced by Weingut von Othegraven, a member of the prestigious Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP) association. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You know it’s a member of the VDP because of the logo on the capsule, which shows an eagle bearing a bunch of grapes. 🦅

As a “Kabinett” wine, the grapes must have satisfied certain minimum criteria (e.g., a minimum must weight), indicating an assured ripeness and concentration of the fruit at harvest. With a low alcohol of 8.5% ABV, one would rightly expect this wine to have residual sugar (sweetness).

We chose to pair this gorgeous deep gold wine with a medium-spice, tuna poké served over avocado and jasmine rice; this dish was screaming for a complementary dimension of vibrant fruit (e.g., yellow apple, pear, quince, lime zest), a little sweetness (honeyed, dried apricot notes), complexity (smokiness, wet stone, petrol), and mouth-watering acidity, adding lift (not heaviness), which is working out deliciously 🥂🥂 — 2 years ago

with Deked1

Brent Young

9.2

AP5

DAY1
Served with the Vinloq system
👃Apples, apricots, peach, grapefruit and slate
👅Peach, apple, and florals. Juicy but creamy. Full midpalate so typical of 2019 German rieslings. The sweet end of spatlese. Delicious

Slow Decanted the remaining wine in my fridge

DAY14
👃Apple, pear, peach but now oyster shell and briny, smoky musk. Jasmine tea
👅Light sweet nectar on the tongue with floral tea. Good acidity. The finish is dry and persistent. Enough salt to keep me thirsty

Elegant and light-footed but never thin. Drinking great. This will age well as expected of wines made from this historic vineyard. (There have been grapes grown in the Abtsberg vineyard for over 1,000 years)

Follow vinloq.notes on Instagram — 3 years ago