Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2017 / Erste Lage Eschendorfer Lump #riesling #spätlese with 92 gram residual sugar. Way too young. Almost no smell at this stage of life. But só promising and terrific balance. — 8 years ago

Dade Thieriot

9.8

I got this old bottle at a #German #auction about 15 years ago and, on a whim, decided to serve it recently with a shrimp and avocado salad under a delicate, yet rather simple oil and vinegar dressing... the result was sublime as the nearly fifty-year-old bottle was uncannily fresh... a marvelous foil to the sharper, more savory dressing. Yes, it still had some residual sugar and that was a good thing as was the excellent core of ripe acidity that played a strong roll in the wine's remarkable balance--BRAVO! #1969 #JacobHamm #Winkeler #Jesuitengarten #Riesling #Cabinet #Spätlese — 10 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

This 22-year-old #Saar #Riesling was as fresh as spring itself--the balance between the steely acidity and gentle honeysuckle sweetness left us breathless--easily the fastest-to-empty bottle of them all--BRAVO #EGON!!! #EgonMüller #Scharzhofberger #spätlese #1994 — 10 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

Fred #Prinz is one of those multi-talented winemakers that can do it all: dry, off dry, sweet, sticky and reds.
This remarkable late harvest #Riesling, which is borderline Auslese, has an almost creamy consistency with a lengthy honeyed finish that is not at all cloying--a magical wine! #2007 #Jungfer #spätlese #goldkapsel — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

This lovely lady was headed for the Bernkasteler Ring auction, but fortunately we got there first and managed to reserve the entire production... thus keeping the price at a minimum... A very restrained #spätlese in terms of sweetness, perfectly balanced and a sheer delight to drink now! #Reinert #AylerKupp #Riesling #AlteReben #2012 — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

For those of you who think that #Rieslings don't #age unless they come from big, ripe years such as '76 or '83, here's proof positive that they damn well do!
Here is a wine that has that thing the #Moselaner call, "#Trinkfluss"...a wine you can drink rivers of...and still walk home! #1973 #ÜrzigerWürzgarten #spätlese — 11 years ago

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Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2016 #riesling #spätlese has good balance and an inviting freshness. I do like this cuvee more than the dry ones... #ahr — 8 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.3

Delicious! #spätlese — 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

9.6

Fred #Prinz' attractive #Rheingau #Rieslings inevitably say "pear extract" to me. They also have a mineral floral aspect that gives them a racy complexity and they are consistently well-structured, allowing them to age for decades. This #2007 was an unmitigated triumph for him and one that after nearly a decade has blossomed into a gorgeous #Riesling! #spätlese — 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

A fine example of late-harvest #Riesling that is nearly ten years old and beautifully evolved--honeycomb and tropical fruit notes with ample botrytis flavors leave a lasting, very clean impression. #Knebel #WinningerRöttgen #spätlese #Mosel
— 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

Approaching nearly a decade of development has resulted in a glorious example of aged #Mosel #Riesling from an opulent, ripe year that yielded wines of great concentration and extract... a luscious mouthful of layered, complex honeyed/mineral flavors that lingers for seconds and makes you crave more! #Wegeler #2005 #BernkastelDoctor #spätlese — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

The bigger, riper vintages of the past decade are evolving beautifully such as this delicious '07 #Rheingau #Kabinett. Yes, it was definitely acting more like a #Spätlese, but given its perfect balance no one was complaining...the bottle was empty before we knew it...that is what Germans call: TRINKFLUSS! #Auction #Goldkapsel
— 11 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

What a sweetheart of a wine! Okay, so I admit, if I had a desert island wine it would come from this vineyard because the wines consistently show layered complexity and amazing depth of flavor together with gorgeous acidity that is the key to their aging potential.
#1989 was a year in which #botrytis set in quantity, but early, clean botrytis that gives an already spicy wine even more complexity and flavor--she's my pretty red Mosella! #Riesling #ÜrzigerWürzgarten #spätlese — 11 years ago

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Marshall Jorgensen

9.8

#Riesling #chinese ginger garlic chicken. #spätlese #mosel #Berres — 9 years ago

Eric Floyd

9.2

One of my favorite producers from the #Rheingau Straw gold hue. Rich, over-ripe yellow fruits on the palate. Quince, Asian Pear, honeydew....#spätlese #trocken dry, late harvest #Riesling. Simply elegant and refined from beginning to end! — 9 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

WOW! This declassified #Auslese is such the #botrytis bomb... packed with layers of luscious caramel and creme brulée flavors that linger decadently on the palette. Had this with fois gras at The Village Pub last week and it was an extraordinary pairing! #2006 #SchlossSommerhausen #Sonnenuhr #Spätlese
— 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

Go ahead and tell me about how overstated, unbalanced and atypical #German #Rieslings from the #2003 vintage can be...after you try this amazing effort from one of their finest producers you'll have egg all over your face! #Keller #Hubacker #spätlese #Rheinhessen — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

#2006 was a wild year that featured a large array of glorious late-harvest, sweet wines that were enhanced by ample amounts of noble rot or #botrytis. This #Spätlese is really a mouth-filling #Auslese that lingers for seemingly minutes on end yet has a fine core of ripe acidity that provides the balance needed to age easily for another decade or so! #Auction #VDP #FritzHaag #Juffer #Sonnenuhr #14 #Riesling — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

#2002s were generally overshadowed by the international press in favor of the 2001s, which, in themselves, were indeed lovely #Mosel #Rieslings. However, as time goes by, it's becoming more and more obvious that the the tables have turned now that some of the baby fat has been assimilated into what have turned out to be utterly beautiful examples of what Mosel Rieslings are all about: finesse, elegance, minerality & harmony!
I could drink this all day until the cows come home and still want more! #2002 #ÜrzigerWürzgarten #spätlese #Loosen — 11 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

Erni #Loosen's first foray into #dry #Riesling came shortly after he took over the estate in 1987, and it is a lovely bottle that is nicely balanced with just enough residual sugar to avoid any austerity. It was the perfect food wine! #1990 #Spätlese — 11 years ago

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