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BattenfeldSpanier Am Schwarzen Herrgott Auslese Riesling
Rheinhessen, Germany
My first Auslese from this site and it’s a doozy. Nose of saffron and apricot, with some other yet unidentifiable exotic spices. Peach, ripe pear, just gorgeous and so detailed. Palate is rich and refined and tastes like Riesling icing. Gorgeous. Some pineapple and ripe peach with scintillating acids and drop dead purity. Amazing balance. Special. What a wine.
My first Auslese from this site and it’s a doozy. Nose of saffron and apricot, with some other yet unidentifiable exotic spices. Peach, ripe pear, just gorgeous and so detailed. Palate is rich and refined and tastes like Riesling icing. Gorgeous. Some pineapple and ripe peach with scintillating acids and drop dead purity. Amazing balance. Special. What a wine.
Jan 16th, 2019
Ok. Not sure when I’m going to even taste this the nose is so good. Crunchy confectionary sugar. Perfect apricots. 10/10 intensity. Wow.
Palate is even better. You need to close your eyes to avoid sensory overload. Perfect peaches on a summers day. Dense but notthick. So bright. Not at all cloying.
This has the density and flavor profile of great auslese but it tastes more like wine if that makes any sense. Not thick. Not cloying. Not unctuous. It just is what it is and that is is amazing.
The flavor profile is what you’d expect. But what makes this special is it’s so clean and precise.
The finish is even better than a perfect peach. A perfect peach is too acidic and tooth scraping. This is just a hair shy of that level of acidity. You get that perfect fruit acid balance without the tooth pain.
A masterpiece.
Ok. Not sure when I’m going to even taste this the nose is so good. Crunchy confectionary sugar. Perfect apricots. 10/10 intensity. Wow.
Palate is even better. You need to close your eyes to avoid sensory overload. Perfect peaches on a summers day. Dense but notthick. So bright. Not at all cloying.
This has the density and flavor profile of great auslese but it tastes more like wine if that makes any sense. Not thick. Not cloying. Not unctuous. It just is what it is and that is is amazing.
The flavor profile is what you’d expect. But what makes this special is it’s so clean and precise.
The finish is even better than a perfect peach. A perfect peach is too acidic and tooth scraping. This is just a hair shy of that level of acidity. You get that perfect fruit acid balance without the tooth pain.
A masterpiece.