Koehler-Ruprecht

Kallstadter Saumagen R Auslese Trocken Riesling

9.94 ratings
9.83 pro ratings
Pfalz, Germany
Riesling
Top Notes For
Aaron Tan

This could easily be the WOTN on any other evening, but there were so many great wines on the table to contend for the title. To be frank, I'm sure everyone had a different favourite during the night. The 96' Saumagen for me was a serious runner-up.

I couldn't even tell it was a KR in the blind. The bouquet was so atypically floral and lacking in that KR "dirt" that I was totally thrown off. It was so fresh, even more so than the 04' medley that preceded, that it would have been impossible for me to have called it a 96'. Great texture and structure. Serious concentration of fruits and herbs. Mandarin, kiwi, preserved lemon, chrysanthemum, smoke, cream, fresh cut herbs. Finished painfully saline, supported by laser sharp acidity. Fantastic stuff. Still a baby after 23 years in bottle.

This could easily be the WOTN on any other evening, but there were so many great wines on the table to contend for the title. To be frank, I'm sure everyone had a different favourite during the night. The 96' Saumagen for me was a serious runner-up.

I couldn't even tell it was a KR in the blind. The bouquet was so atypically floral and lacking in that KR "dirt" that I was totally thrown off. It was so fresh, even more so than the 04' medley that preceded, that it would have been impossible for me to have called it a 96'. Great texture and structure. Serious concentration of fruits and herbs. Mandarin, kiwi, preserved lemon, chrysanthemum, smoke, cream, fresh cut herbs. Finished painfully saline, supported by laser sharp acidity. Fantastic stuff. Still a baby after 23 years in bottle.

Oct 29th, 2019
Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.7

This is crazy good. Well aged KR Auslese R is one of the best German Rieslings. If you can get your hands on some bottles don't hesitate.

This is crazy good. Well aged KR Auslese R is one of the best German Rieslings. If you can get your hands on some bottles don't hesitate.

Apr 20th, 2015
Dominik Sona

1996

Apr 30th, 2014
Aaron Tan

I shed a tear for this wine. Salinity at it's finest.

I shed a tear for this wine. Salinity at it's finest.

Oct 10th, 2017