Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier
Kirchenstück Riesling
Rheinhessen, Germany
Beautiful wine. Stunning purity and finesse and such an exotic nose.
Beautiful wine. Stunning purity and finesse and such an exotic nose.
Apr 21st, 2023Elegant, nimble and structured. Open and joyous.
Elegant, nimble and structured. Open and joyous.
Jun 16th, 2022Lovely nose, pitted fruits, herbs, sugar snap peas, palate is elegant, complex, bitter fruits, electric and round, pitter patter of a finish. Beautiful purity, energy and freshness. Super herbal and round. Amazingly pure and dense but also light and energetic.
Lovely nose, pitted fruits, herbs, sugar snap peas, palate is elegant, complex, bitter fruits, electric and round, pitter patter of a finish. Beautiful purity, energy and freshness. Super herbal and round. Amazingly pure and dense but also light and energetic.
Jul 12th, 202018’s from Battenfeld are just insane. Best vintage ever. Yeasty and intense nose. So deep and so much aromatic flavor. Intense herbals and so so deep. Earth. Mineral stank. Deep ocean like. The most perfect raw honey ever. Ocean air. Amazing. New nuances every 30 seconds. It’s got lanolin, melon and just so much complexity it can’t be called stable as it’s always changing. What a nose. 9.6 off the bat for the nose. Palate is dense but so lithe and has amazing inner mouth aromas where the minerality just guts your mouth. So precise, insanely fresh and so so refined. Has that playful Kirchenstuck quality but is also so much serious since it turned a corner in 13 and 12. It’s so juicy and the length is just insane. So pure. So clean. So long. This is regal and aristocratic. The young prince has grown up to be a King! Extraordinary mid palate and then squeezes so much juicy fruit on the palate. Then the minerality cleans it all up. A magnificent wine. Stunning. 9.6 but damn this is close to 9.7.
18’s from Battenfeld are just insane. Best vintage ever. Yeasty and intense nose. So deep and so much aromatic flavor. Intense herbals and so so deep. Earth. Mineral stank. Deep ocean like. The most perfect raw honey ever. Ocean air. Amazing. New nuances every 30 seconds. It’s got lanolin, melon and just so much complexity it can’t be called stable as it’s always changing. What a nose. 9.6 off the bat for the nose. Palate is dense but so lithe and has amazing inner mouth aromas where the minerality just guts your mouth. So precise, insanely fresh and so so refined. Has that playful Kirchenstuck quality but is also so much serious since it turned a corner in 13 and 12. It’s so juicy and the length is just insane. So pure. So clean. So long. This is regal and aristocratic. The young prince has grown up to be a King! Extraordinary mid palate and then squeezes so much juicy fruit on the palate. Then the minerality cleans it all up. A magnificent wine. Stunning. 9.6 but damn this is close to 9.7.
Feb 25th, 2020
Mineral, super complex aromas, feral, floral, concentrated and textural like nothing else. Amazing structure. So delineated and like a laser. An amazing juxtaposition between juicy fruit, precision and lasers. Yes, lasers.
Mineral, super complex aromas, feral, floral, concentrated and textural like nothing else. Amazing structure. So delineated and like a laser. An amazing juxtaposition between juicy fruit, precision and lasers. Yes, lasers.
1 person found it helpfulSep 9th, 2015Nose is complex. Lemon, verbena, smoke, mineral, limestone aromas, super citrus, powerful and concentrated. So texturally sensual. So elegant. This is so refined with a few years of age. Stunning.
Nose is complex. Lemon, verbena, smoke, mineral, limestone aromas, super citrus, powerful and concentrated. So texturally sensual. So elegant. This is so refined with a few years of age. Stunning.
Feb 12th, 2017Wild and funky nose, so elegant and so ripe, juicy and clean. The most refined Kirchenstuck ever. Velvet glove in iron fist. Stunning. Long ass finish.
Wild and funky nose, so elegant and so ripe, juicy and clean. The most refined Kirchenstuck ever. Velvet glove in iron fist. Stunning. Long ass finish.
Aug 22nd, 2016
No formal notes while traveling. Just electric stuff.
No formal notes while traveling. Just electric stuff.
May 17th, 2023