Sven Klundt
Hochborn Riesling
Germany
This wine improves every year. Lime zest and lime flesh on the nose with melon/cantelope in the background and wonderful engaging minerality. Palate is all razors and lime flesh. Just insane acids and so so juicy. Teeming with energy and precision. Juicy and intense but all angles and no chuff. Really compelling and long. Terrific mouthfeel. Really full but on a razor’s edge. My god this is electric!
This wine improves every year. Lime zest and lime flesh on the nose with melon/cantelope in the background and wonderful engaging minerality. Palate is all razors and lime flesh. Just insane acids and so so juicy. Teeming with energy and precision. Juicy and intense but all angles and no chuff. Really compelling and long. Terrific mouthfeel. Really full but on a razor’s edge. My god this is electric!
Jul 10th, 2022Outrageous confectionery nose of cotton candy, citrus peel, superb minerality and apricot pith. Peach pit as well. Wonderful aromas and very expressive. Palate is so chalky and pure. Teeming with energy and citrus. Sappy, clean and pure. Amazing balance. Just brilliant stuff.
Outrageous confectionery nose of cotton candy, citrus peel, superb minerality and apricot pith. Peach pit as well. Wonderful aromas and very expressive. Palate is so chalky and pure. Teeming with energy and citrus. Sappy, clean and pure. Amazing balance. Just brilliant stuff.
Nov 4th, 2021Super citrus and grapefruit. Fleshy and also pithy. Peach pit. Lovely intense minerals. Super expressive nose that is serene and zen. Some confectionary notes as well. Very very complex. Wow. Great complexity and depth. Very salty. A bit closed but so pretty and vivid. Almost in 4D. Complex stoniness on the nose after a bit of air. Superb spices and herbs as well. So lively with so much energy and citrus intensity. Really long easily best Hochborn ever. Nose is getting confectionary.
After some air it’s got such a classic nose. Airy and confectionary. Melon. Cantaloupe. Terrific rock candy sweet minerality.
Super citrus and grapefruit. Fleshy and also pithy. Peach pit. Lovely intense minerals. Super expressive nose that is serene and zen. Some confectionary notes as well. Very very complex. Wow. Great complexity and depth. Very salty. A bit closed but so pretty and vivid. Almost in 4D. Complex stoniness on the nose after a bit of air. Superb spices and herbs as well. So lively with so much energy and citrus intensity. Really long easily best Hochborn ever. Nose is getting confectionary.
After some air it’s got such a classic nose. Airy and confectionary. Melon. Cantaloupe. Terrific rock candy sweet minerality.
Nose is high toned and piquant. Spicey green apples. Pear. White peach. Very serene. Very clean. Superbly mineral and air like. Gains breadth as it aerates. Palate is elegant and has a sense of richness but has angles and finesse. Good concentration and purity with intense acidity. 18 acids are crazy. Long finish that is very lemony and limey. Complex. Really terrific. So deep. A different wine than his Kastanienbusch. More mineral. More geeky. I love this wine but not everyone’s cup of tea. This usually unfolds. Will be back.
Nose is high toned and piquant. Spicey green apples. Pear. White peach. Very serene. Very clean. Superbly mineral and air like. Gains breadth as it aerates. Palate is elegant and has a sense of richness but has angles and finesse. Good concentration and purity with intense acidity. 18 acids are crazy. Long finish that is very lemony and limey. Complex. Really terrific. So deep. A different wine than his Kastanienbusch. More mineral. More geeky. I love this wine but not everyone’s cup of tea. This usually unfolds. Will be back.
Apr 29th, 2020Lovely nose of grapefruit, orange rind, minerals, lime rock candy, palate is complex and juicy with loads of a lime rock candy mineral essence so beautiful distributed across the palate. Wonderful purity and lingering minerality. So fresh and deep. Gorgeous wine. Great structure.
Lovely nose of grapefruit, orange rind, minerals, lime rock candy, palate is complex and juicy with loads of a lime rock candy mineral essence so beautiful distributed across the palate. Wonderful purity and lingering minerality. So fresh and deep. Gorgeous wine. Great structure.
Sep 10th, 2019Huge and expressive nose. So mineral. Some sponti, apricot, complex earthiness, so fine, so stanky, great. Palate is elegant and ripe with complex juiciness and good depth. Lemony fruit and real good length. Showing very well. Terrific wine. Really needed 4-5 years.
Huge and expressive nose. So mineral. Some sponti, apricot, complex earthiness, so fine, so stanky, great. Palate is elegant and ripe with complex juiciness and good depth. Lemony fruit and real good length. Showing very well. Terrific wine. Really needed 4-5 years.
Jul 17th, 2019Insanely floral. All white flowers. No fruit. High toned. Ocean breeze. Low acid. Very well made. Pure and terrific freshness. Finish is electric. Terrific.
Insanely floral. All white flowers. No fruit. High toned. Ocean breeze. Low acid. Very well made. Pure and terrific freshness. Finish is electric. Terrific.
Dec 22nd, 2018Insane minerality as expected from this site. So clean as pungent. Just amazing. Some of the most amazing aromatic minerality I’ve smelt in a long time. Some lime zest. Confectionary sugar. Intense citrus develops after 15-20 minutes but that intense mineral signature is still there. Ocean breeze as well. Fatter and denser than the 14 but also with more structure and intensity. Needs some age but a better wine than 14. Will be amazing in 5 years. 15’s closing down but what a vintage.
Insane minerality as expected from this site. So clean as pungent. Just amazing. Some of the most amazing aromatic minerality I’ve smelt in a long time. Some lime zest. Confectionary sugar. Intense citrus develops after 15-20 minutes but that intense mineral signature is still there. Ocean breeze as well. Fatter and denser than the 14 but also with more structure and intensity. Needs some age but a better wine than 14. Will be amazing in 5 years. 15’s closing down but what a vintage.
Apr 3rd, 2018
If granny smith apples were an artisanal product this is what their juice would taste like if it were mixed with gnarly plalz minerality. Like Granny Smith but cleaner and more intense with finely ground slate. One of those wines that is singular and hard to describe. Some fine granny skin on the finish. A necessary component of a German white cellar. Bought from Fass Selections.
If granny smith apples were an artisanal product this is what their juice would taste like if it were mixed with gnarly plalz minerality. Like Granny Smith but cleaner and more intense with finely ground slate. One of those wines that is singular and hard to describe. Some fine granny skin on the finish. A necessary component of a German white cellar. Bought from Fass Selections.
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