In 2007, Apple released the first iPhone. In 2008, Obama was elected into office. In 2009, Twilight premiered in cinemas. More importantly, these years produced some excellent vintages for Riesling . With almost a decade of age, we decided to check in on how these wines are doing now with updates from the Vinous Vintage Chart. 2007 Riesling: 93 points, Drink or Hold "Record-early budbreak and flowering followed by mid-summer heat meant cool August and September weather proved beneficial, and by the time Riesling was picked under largely sunny October and early November skies, up to 150 days had passed since flowering! Must weights were by no means exaggerated; yet, for the first time most top growers could remember, they finished-up picking even though forecasted excellent weather continued. These Rieslings display delectable floral-fruit-mineral interaction, buoyancy, transparency to nuance, and on occasion seductive botrytis." 2008 Riesling: 92 points, Drink or Hold "While this growing season started out late, it caught up via a warm late spring and early summer. As in 2007, a cool and sporadically rainy August proved beneficial and autumn rewarded patient growers with mouthwatering Rieslings highly aromatic, delightfully delicate, and dynamic. Less-warm sites or early picking resulted in some that show a green edge reminiscent of certain 2002s. (But growers who de-acidify made a mistake.)" 2009 Riesling: 90 points, Drink "A small crop due to spun-out flowering received a cool and well-watered summer, but the eventual effect of continually decent if not unusually warm or sunny autumn weather was must weights whose elevation surprised growers. So too, frequently, did an inexplicable lack of nooks and crannies, interactive complexity or striking personalities. "Perhaps the grapes were too perfect," suggested one top grower. A modest amount of botrytis was generally noble, though late-picked BAs and TBAs can be soft and diffuse. Three successive bitterly-cold December nights served for memorable Eiswein."