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Inventory updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2018 05:33 PM cst
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Regions: Germany
| Producer |
Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Bts |
Qty |
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| August Anheuser |
1975 |
Kreuznacher Bruckes Eiswein Heavily Bin-Soiled Label; Torn Label; 700 ml |
$100 |
2 |
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1983 |
Kreuznacher Bruckes Eiswein (375 ML) Signs of Old Seepage |
$50 |
1 |
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1983 |
Kreuznacher Bruckes Eiswein (375 ML) Signs of Old Seepage |
$50 |
1 |
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1971 |
Weingut Okonomiecat Kreuznacher Narrenkappe Rulander Auslese Nicked Label |
$100 |
1 |
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| Weingut Hermann Donnhoff |
2005 |
Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel (375 ML)  |
$50 |
3 |
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| WS 94 (4/2007): Almost racy, this has an edge of acidity that keeps the apple, peach and mineral notes focused and long. Elegant and persistent, with the flavors resonating on the lingering finish. Best from 2009 through 2030. 128 cases imported. |
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2011 |
Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs ETA 90-120 Days (6x750ML) |
$441.99 |
4 |
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| WA 93 (2/2013): Juicy white peach and its kernel, crabapple and its pit, tartly and piquantly mark the Donnhoff 2011 Norheimer Dellchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs, which displays a shimmering sense of transparency to vibrant crystalline and stony (as well as the aforementioned piquant) nuances. Saliva-inducing saline savor and an invigorating sense of piquancy and tactile mineral impingement render the finish here profound and provocative (above all, of the next sip!). I would look for at least a decade of stimulation. |
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2009 |
Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spatlese ETA 90-120 Days (6x750ML) |
$569.99 |
1 |
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2005 |
Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel (375 ML) |
$55 |
2 |
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WS 95 (4/2007): Shows fine intensity on a light-weight frame. Manages to maintain delicacy while expressing apricot, papaya, red berry and floral notes. Balanced and well-structured, this focuses a beam of fruit on the finish. Best from 2009 through 2030. 128 cases imported.
VM 92 (2/2007): Rich golden- yellow color.The nose offers l uscious yellow plum, honeysuckle and sweet spice, layered with a delicate hint of botrytis.Smoky pineapple jam and an elevated minerality animate the palate. Dense, juicy and long on the finish. |
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2011 |
Oberhauser Brucke Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel ETA 90-120 Days (12x375ML) |
$2,903.99 |
1 |
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| Weingut Emrich-Schonleber |
2015 |
Lenz Riesling Trocken |
$25.95 |
1 |
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JG 91 (3/2016): The 2015 Lenz bottling from Emrich-Schönleber is just a tad higher in acidity than the Estate Trocken bottling, tipping the scales at a full nine grams per liter, but the wine is seamlessly balanced and integrates these snappy acids beautifully. The bouquet is really superb, delivering a fine mélange of apple, sweet grapefruit, dried flowers, a fine base of soil, orange peel and a nice touch of smokiness on top. On the palate the wine is medium-full, pure and succulent on the attack, with a fine core, lovely focus and grip, impressive precision and a long, classy finish. Another really fine value in this vintage! 2016-2035.
WA 87 (12/2016): From the reddish soils of the Frühlingsplätzchen, the medium-dry 2015 Riesling Lenz offers a very bright, clear and floral bouquet with rather tropical fruits (pineapples) and comes along as a round and charming Riesling with a filigreed structure and finessed texture. The refreshing acidity is well integrated and gives the juicy fruit perfect balance. This wine contains 13 grams of residual sugar and can be enjoyed over 5-8 years, or probably more. |
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2015 |
Mineral Riesling |
$34.99 |
5 |
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JG 91+ (3/2016): The 2015 Mineral Trocken is perhaps even a touch more precise than the lovely Lenz bottling. The bouquet is pure, youthfully complex and very transparent, offering up scents of blood orange, pink grapefruit, lemongrass, striking minerality, a hint of petrol and a topnote of fresh almond. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure on the attack, with a fine core, lovely cut and grip and a very long, vibrant and perfectly balanced finish. Another stellar wine. 2016-2035+.
WA 89 (12/2016): The 2015 Riesling Trocken Mineral is from the blue slate and quartzite soils of the Halenberg and its neighboring plots. It opens with a deep and intense bouquet of perfectly ripe Riesling berries intertwined with smoky/dusty mineral flavors of crushed stones. On the palate, this is a very elegant and medium-weighted dry Riesling with lingering salinity and piquancy. The finish is really stony and the aromatic Riesling flavors are lovely and pure. A very delicate but also serious Riesling. |
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2005 |
Monzinger Fruhlingspatzchen Riesling Beerenauslese ETA Fall 2018 (375 ML) |
$169 |
3 |
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| VM 92 (1/2007): Golden yellow. Full-throttle aromas of pear preserves, wild honey and clove woven into the pungent, musky botrytis character.The candied apricot flavor is studded with lime peel and a hint of brown spice. Rich and creamy, but not as impressive as the gold capsule auslese. Joel B. Payne. |
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2016 |
Monzinger Fruhlingspatzchen Riesling Spatlese ETA Fall 2018 |
$29.99 |
26 |
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JS 93 (11/2017): Brimming with fruit, but also very elegant thanks to its bright acidity this is so delicious now it will be difficult to wait, but it has the deep structure that will enable to hold through 2035 and potentially beyond.
WA 92 (2/2018): Fermented in stainless steel, the 2016 Nahe Riesling Frühlingsplätzchen Spätlese is a bit reductive on the nose and shows very fine aromas of crushed slate. The wine has lovely, fine and vibrant acidity cutting through the lush fruit, and it finishes with lingering salinity that is truly stimulating. A beautiful Spätlese, although it tastes quite sweet (77 grams of sugar per liter). Tasted December 2017. |
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2015 |
Monzinger Fruhtau Riesling |
$26.99 |
16 |
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JG 92 (3/2016): The Frühlingsplätzchen Riesling Trocken has been renamed in 2015 as Frütau (which means Morning Dew in German), as it is no longer allowed to use the name of the vineyard for both a Grosses Gewächs bottling and a second Trocken from the same vineyard. The 2015 Frütau Riesling Trocken is an excellent wine, wafting from the glass in a complex blend of apple, lime peel, gentle botanicals, wild yeasts, dried flowers and a lovely base of red soil tones. On the palate the wine is medium-full, pure and precise, with plenty of filigree, a good core, bright acids and excellent length and grip on the long and dancing finish. A lovely example that really shows the elegant and energetic side of the vintage. 2016-2040.
WA 90 (12/2016): The 2015 Riesling Trocken Frühtau (meaning morning dew; formerly named Frühlingsplätzchen like the Grosses Gewächs, so the VDP asked for a change, keyword: Lagenverbrauch) is from younger vines and certain plots that deliver bigger, less concentrated grapes that Frank Schönleber does not want to use for his grand cru. The wine opens with very pure, herbal flavored crushed red rocks with some tropical fruit and lemony aromas. Light, pure and elegant on the palate, this is a pretty complex and juicy Riesling with remarkable finesse and elegance. The salinity combined with the ripe juiciness and the mineral precision make this a highly delicate, but serious and expressive Riesling from one of the top terroirs in the Nahe valley. |
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2015 |
Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Auslese |
$46.99 |
20 |
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JG 94+ (3/2016): The 2015 Halenberg Auslese from the Schönleber family is a beautiful wine, wafting from the glass in a nascently complex and very precise blend of sweet grapefruit, lime, bee pollen, slate, a potpourri of spring flowers and a delicate topnote of wild yeasts. On the palate the wine is elegant, suave and medium-full, with a creamy core of fruit, vibrant acids, outstanding focus and grip and a very, very long, seamless and nascently complex finish. This will be an outstanding wine with a bit of bottle age. 2019-2055.
WA 95 (12/2016): Picked on two days in late October, the 2015 Riesling Monzinger Halenberg Auslese is very clear and fresh on the precise, very well defined nose where pineapple, almond cake, flinty and herbal aromas are displayed. The precision is repeated on the palate, which is crystalline but also creamy due to the lush, ripe and bright fruit. The wine displays great finesse and lingering salinity, which is so typical for the Halenberg. This is a delicious, really stimulating Auslese. Total production: 600 liters. |
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2008 |
Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Eiswein ETA Fall 2018 (375 ML) |
$209 |
5 |
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| WA 93 (2/2010): Quinine, yellow plum preserves, fresh blueberries, lime zest, and alkaline mineral notes distinctively characterize the Schonlebers’ 2008 Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Eiswein (which was to be auctioned). A vanilla icing-like sense of confectionary sweetness on the palate gains some contrast in the form of tart fruit skin and bitter citrus zest. There is a wafting sense of elegance and delicacy that – like the wine’s sense of purity – deeply impresses; but either you need to bring to it, or the occasion of its being served, a strong predilection for sheer sweetness, or else you need to play the game of chance that is nearly always involved with cellaring Eiswein. I’m sure this wine will be fine 6-8 years from now – perhaps even more complex – but that will scarcely be enough time to make a dent in its perceived sense of sweetness. |
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2012 |
Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Eiswein ETA Fall 2018 (375 ML) |
$179 |
2 |
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JS 97 (11/2017): Enormous golden ripeness and awesome elegance make this one of the top drier style wines of the vintage in Germany. The extremely fine nuanced aromas and the silkiness of the super-long finish make me swoon. Just beginning to give its best, but with several decades ahead of it.
VM 94 (1/2014): Pale golden yellow. Vibrant aromas of apricot pit, mint and oyster shell. The poised passion fruit extract is juxtaposed by a bright, vivacious acidity. A wine of enormous depth and poise. Pure, refined and finely spiced on the very long finish. One of the finer ice wines of the vintage. Joel B. Payne. |
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2015 |
Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese ETA Fall 2018 (375 ML) |
$209 |
2 |
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| WA 96 (12/2016): The 2015 Riesling Monzinger Halenberg Trockenbeerenauslese was picked the same days as the Auslese, but it contains only hand-picked raisins that were destemmed from the Auslese grapes on the sorting table (with 195° Oechsle). The nose is very intense and concentrated in its citrus fruit and smoky honey flavors, but it's also a bit volatile at the moment. On the palate, this is a very rich and creamy textured TBA with fascinating acidity and stimulating salinity. This is--despite its concentration and sweetness--still Halenberg. The finish is long, fresh and reveals some black bread flavors. Total production: 100 liters. Frank Schönleber said, "We could easily have harvested with the same manpower 12,000 liter of something else." |
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2015 |
Monzinger Halgans Riesling |
$34.99 |
17 |
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JG 92+ (3/2016): Similar to the above, the Halenberg Riesling Trocken has been now given the proprietary name of Halgans starting in the 2015 vintage. This too is an absolutely terrific wine, which hails from a parcel of younger vines planted in one of the warmer sections of the Halenberg. The bouquet is an outstanding blend of pear, grapefruit, plenty of smokiness, a fine base of slate, just a touch of moss and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is pure, fullish, long and complex, with bright, seamless acids, great focus and a very long, refined and vibrant finish. Tout en finesse! 2016-2040.
WA 91 (12/2016): Pure and very flinty, with crushed rock notes on the nose, the 2015 Riesling Trocken Halgans (from the steepest part of the Halenberg and younger vines) is deep, darker flavored than the Frühtau and dominated by aristocratic Riesling aromas. Pretty intense and almost rich on the palate, this is a medium-bodied, intense and complex wine with a lot of salinity and mineral grip on the palate. It is even more intense and more smoky than the Frühtau, and its juiciness is accompanied by stony and salty flavors. Nevertheless, there is challenging purity and structure. |
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2015 |
Monzinger Riesling Kabinett |
$32.95 |
9 |
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JG 92+ (3/2016): The 2015 Monzinger Kabinett is a lovely example of the vintage, with perhaps not quite the ethereal delicacy of the finest Kabinetten from the middle Mosel or Rheinhessen, but still plenty of filigree and lovely complexity and balance. The wine is ten percent alcohol and carries forty-three grams per liter of residual sugar to balance its fully nine grams per liter of acidity this year. The bouquet is lovely, wafting from the glass in a blend of tart orange, pink grapefruit, plenty of smokiness, wild yeasts, lovely minerality, a touch of mossiness and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is medium-full, crisp and light on its feet, with superb focus and grip, classic Kabinett filigree and a very long, vibrant and nascently complex finish. A lovely example. 2016-2040.
WA 90 (12/2016): The 2015 Riesling Monzinger Kabinett is very clear, ripe and spicy on the nose, but it's also piquant in its stoniness. On the palate, it has lovely elegance, finesse and purity, and the 42 grams of residual sugar are perfectly integrated. The finish is stimulatingly light and salty. This is a picture book Kabinett. |
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2015 |
Trocken Grauburgunder S |
$22.99 |
5 |
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| WA 89 (12/2016): The 2015 Grauburgunder Trocken S is from different clayey plots in the Frühlingsplätzchen single vineyard site and opens clear and subtle on the nose, offering spicy and ripe seed fruit aromas. Round and elegant on the palate, this Pinot Gris shows nice density and a rather warm and finessed texture as well as vitality, finesse and a salty/mineral finish. It was fermented and aged in 1,200- to 3,000-liter wooden vats. "The conditions for Pinot couldn't be better than in 2015," says Frank Schönleber. "The ripeness was perfect and so were the acidity levels." However, a part of the wine did go through malolactic fermentation, since Frank likes a certain creamy mouthfeel because "otherwise I would miss the sought Burgundian style and find the wines on our soils too sharp.“ |
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2015 |
Trocken Weissburgunder |
$21.99 |
5 |
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| WA 86 (12/2016): The 2015 Weissburgunder Trocken indicates a ripe and well concentrated Pinot Blanc aroma, but it still had some strange reductive or medicinal flavors when I tasted it in October. On the palate, the wine was ripe, dense and juicy textured but also very firm and completely closed at this early stage. I never had these bitter flavors here before. Strange. After 20 minutes the wine became much better. It was fermented and aged in stainless steel and oak (50/50). |
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| Gerhard Grans |
1985 |
Leiwener Klostergarten Eiswein (375 ML) Signs of Old Seepage; Bin-Soiled Label |
$50 |
1 |
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| Weingut Keller |
2016 |
Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling Grosses Gewachs (1.5 L) |
$179 |
5 |
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2015 |
Riesling Trocken |
$19.95 |
42 |
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2014 |
Riesling Trocken S |
$33.99 |
20 |
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2016 |
Von der Fels Riesling Trocken |
$25.99 |
52 |
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| JG 92+ (1/2018): The 2016 von der Fels bottling of Riesling Trocken is once again a superb value from Klaus-Peter Keller, as this wine offers up the depth and complexity of most producers’ Grosses Gewächs bottlings at a fraction of the price. The bouquet is pure and beautifully detailed, wafting from the glass in a blend of tart orange, wild yeasts, lemongrass, a very complex base of limestone minerality, petrol and citrus peel in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, fullish and very elegant in profile this year, with a fine core, lovely focus and grip and a very long, vibrant and complex finish. This is already drinking very nicely, but will age for several decades and only improve as the years go by. 2018-2040. |
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2007 |
Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Auslese |
$79.95 |
5 |
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VM 92 (2/2009): Golden yellow. Subtle aromas of candied pineapple, toasted pine nuts and acacia blossom. The sweet, weighty fruit flows creamily over the palate. Finely spiced and long on the finish. Very appealing, but not quite as serious as the other auslese bottlings.
WA 91 (10/2009): Harvested November 2 and, Keller insists, with only around 20% botrytis, the 2007 Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Auslese smells of black tea, heliotrope, quince jelly, white raisin, and over-ripe pear. Finer-grained and with more lift and primary juiciness than the corresponding gold capsule Spatlese, this introduces notes of quinine, tea, and chalk in the finish that help offset its sweetness. It should be worth following for two decades. |
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2016 |
Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewachs (1.5 L) |
$175 |
1 |
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JG 95 (1/2018): The 2016 Kirchspiel from Klaus-Peter Keller is a beautifully refined example of this
WA 93+ (10/2017): Partly pressed in a basket press (60%), the 2016 Kirchspiel Riesling GG opens with a clear, fresh, chalky and intensely fruity nose. This is a rich, juicy, concentrated and fresh dry Riesling from calcareous soils that reveals a lot of tension, salt and vitality. Fine tannins here. Great concentration, juiciness and lingering salinity, with great grip and tension. An impressive wine! |
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| Josef Leitz |
2005 |
Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg Riesling Spatlese |
$39 |
6 |
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| VM 93 (1/2007): Pale golden yellow.Sumptuous aromas of papaya, spiced apple and mint oil waft over the raisiny botrytis tones. Impressively rich and creamy, with glazed exotic fruits leavened by invigorating slate minerality. In spite of its honeyed quality, this wine is finely balanced and unbelievably long. As was the case last year, one of the finest spatleses of the vintage. Joel B. Payne |
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| Egon Muller |
1990 |
Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese |
$900 |
5 |
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2015 |
Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese ETA 90-120 Days (6x750ML) |
$3,120.99 |
1 |
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| Villa Palatina |
2005 |
Pfalz Ortega Trockenbeerenauslese (375 ML) |
$30 |
1 |
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| JJ Prum |
2014 |
Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese |
$49.99 |
12 |
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VM 94 (11/2016): This is amazingly bright and sassy for an Auslese, its meld of fresh apple, lime, cherry and herbs being well marked by fruit skin chewiness and piquancy of pips and pits. The infectiously juicy, invigoratingly tangy, mouthwateringly saline finish soars and exhilarates. David Shildknecht.
WS 94 (3/2017): Richly spiced, with apple, green pear, peach and ripe citrus flavors that are seamlessly woven together. Lively minerality shows midpalate, presenting some savory notes on the slightly honeyed and intensely focused finish, lifted by sublime acidity. Best from 2020 through 2040. 40 cases imported.
WA 92 (3/2016): The 2014 Riesling Bernkasteler Badstube Auslese (AP #15), which was picked on October 22-23 with 100° Oechsle, opens with slate, super ripe and overripe Riesling flavors, as well as some botrytis flavors. Sweet, piquant and elegant on the palate, with a fine and silky texture, concentrated fruit and very fine acidity, this is a racy and spicy Auslese that blends botrytised Riesling flavors with the piquancy of the Mosel slate. |
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2014 |
Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spatlese |
$25.99 |
53 |
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WS 92 (4/2017): There are plenty of rich, smoky notes to the roasted peach, pear tart and baked pineapple flavors of this white. Fresh acidity is very lively into the finish, which offers slate and savory accents, and plenty of black currant tones. Drink now through 2030. 100 cases imported.
VM 92 (11/2016): Apple, lime, sloe berry and Bing cherry emerge from behind a veil of yeast and other fermentative aromas, then inform a polished, buoyant, subtly creamy palate. Shrouded though the nose of this Spätlese might be for now, it finishes with a lovely sense of transparency to piquant notes of fruit pit, green herbs, wet stone and maritime salinity. David Schildknecht.
WA 91 (3/2016): The 2014 Riesling Bernkasteler Badstube Spätlese (AP #14) is very sweet, piquant and juicy on the palate. The acidity is racy and piquant, but well integrated into a dense and juicy texture. The finish is nicely salty and reveals a good grip. There is a small percentage of botrytis here that gives this wine a super ripe and concentrated Riesling flavor. I tasted the wine only ice-cold, unfortunately. |
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2014 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel (1.5 L) |
$199.99 |
2 |
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WA 95 (3/2016): The gold-capsuled 2014 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese GK (AP #18) represents a botrytis selection and offers highly delicate fruit and flinty-slate aromas, where tropical fruit aromas mingle with wet stone flavors. The attack on the palate is racy and piquant; the wine is complex and very pure, highly elegant and finesse-full, yet intense and concentrated, with ripe pineapple flavors and a pure, salty, very mineral finish. This is highly delicate Riesling with a complex terroir expression.
WS 95 (3/2017): This has flavors of peach pie and apricot tart that are well-honeyed and filled with creamy unctuousness. Pastry notes show midpalate, with a finish that offers savory richness and plenty of minerally accents. A pure and powerful style. Best from 2018 through 2038. 40 cases imported.
VM 95 (11/2016): This non-auction gold-capsule bottling delivers a multifaceted nose featuring candied lime peel, apple and quince jellies, heliotrope and an intriguing meld of yeasty stale bread, florally honeyed and subtly truffly manifestations of botrytis. The creamy, expansive palate reprises all of the aforementioned elements, but also introduces generous parallel juiciness of fresh apple and lime. Displaying wonderful lift and delicacy, the lusciously lingering finish is transparent to stony, crystalline and floral nuances. David Schildknecht |
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2012 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsule (375 ML) |
$44.99 |
1 |
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WA 96 (2/2015): Compact and filled with sleek flavors of fresh herbs, stone and celery salt, presenting a firm edge to the acidity. Chamomile and lemon cake details fill the refreshing finish. Drink now through 2035.
WS 94 (10/2014): A rich, savory style, with well-defined celery salt accents to the crunchy apple, ripe citrus and smoked almond flavors. Elegant midpalate, with a saline snap and some smoky notes that fill the layered and creamy finish. Drink now through 2042. |
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2012 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsule Signs of Seepage |
$99.99 |
1 |
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WA 96 (2/2015): Compact and filled with sleek flavors of fresh herbs, stone and celery salt, presenting a firm edge to the acidity. Chamomile and lemon cake details fill the refreshing finish. Drink now through 2035.
WS 94 (10/2014): A rich, savory style, with well-defined celery salt accents to the crunchy apple, ripe citrus and smoked almond flavors. Elegant midpalate, with a saline snap and some smoky notes that fill the layered and creamy finish. Drink now through 2042. |
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2014 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsule (375 ML) |
$49.99 |
44 |
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WA 95 (3/2016): The gold-capsuled 2014 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese GK (AP #18) represents a botrytis selection and offers highly delicate fruit and flinty-slate aromas, where tropical fruit aromas mingle with wet stone flavors. The attack on the palate is racy and piquant; the wine is complex and very pure, highly elegant and finesse-full, yet intense and concentrated, with ripe pineapple flavors and a pure, salty, very mineral finish. This is highly delicate Riesling with a complex terroir expression.
WS 95 (3/2017): This has flavors of peach pie and apricot tart that are well-honeyed and filled with creamy unctuousness. Pastry notes show midpalate, with a finish that offers savory richness and plenty of minerally accents. A pure and powerful style. Best from 2018 through 2038. 40 cases imported.
VM 95 (11/2016): This non-auction gold-capsule bottling delivers a multifaceted nose featuring candied lime peel, apple and quince jellies, heliotrope and an intriguing meld of yeasty stale bread, florally honeyed and subtly truffly manifestations of botrytis. The creamy, expansive palate reprises all of the aforementioned elements, but also introduces generous parallel juiciness of fresh apple and lime. Displaying wonderful lift and delicacy, the lusciously lingering finish is transparent to stony, crystalline and floral nuances. David Schildknecht |
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2014 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsule |
$94.99 |
6 |
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WA 95 (3/2016): The gold-capsuled 2014 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese GK (AP #18) represents a botrytis selection and offers highly delicate fruit and flinty-slate aromas, where tropical fruit aromas mingle with wet stone flavors. The attack on the palate is racy and piquant; the wine is complex and very pure, highly elegant and finesse-full, yet intense and concentrated, with ripe pineapple flavors and a pure, salty, very mineral finish. This is highly delicate Riesling with a complex terroir expression.
WS 95 (3/2017): This has flavors of peach pie and apricot tart that are well-honeyed and filled with creamy unctuousness. Pastry notes show midpalate, with a finish that offers savory richness and plenty of minerally accents. A pure and powerful style. Best from 2018 through 2038. 40 cases imported.
VM 95 (11/2016): This non-auction gold-capsule bottling delivers a multifaceted nose featuring candied lime peel, apple and quince jellies, heliotrope and an intriguing meld of yeasty stale bread, florally honeyed and subtly truffly manifestations of botrytis. The creamy, expansive palate reprises all of the aforementioned elements, but also introduces generous parallel juiciness of fresh apple and lime. Displaying wonderful lift and delicacy, the lusciously lingering finish is transparent to stony, crystalline and floral nuances. David Schildknecht |
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2014 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Goldkapsule (1.5 L) |
$209 |
9 |
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WA 95 (3/2016): The gold-capsuled 2014 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese GK (AP #18) represents a botrytis selection and offers highly delicate fruit and flinty-slate aromas, where tropical fruit aromas mingle with wet stone flavors. The attack on the palate is racy and piquant; the wine is complex and very pure, highly elegant and finesse-full, yet intense and concentrated, with ripe pineapple flavors and a pure, salty, very mineral finish. This is highly delicate Riesling with a complex terroir expression.
WS 95 (3/2017): This has flavors of peach pie and apricot tart that are well-honeyed and filled with creamy unctuousness. Pastry notes show midpalate, with a finish that offers savory richness and plenty of minerally accents. A pure and powerful style. Best from 2018 through 2038. 40 cases imported.
VM 95 (11/2016): This non-auction gold-capsule bottling delivers a multifaceted nose featuring candied lime peel, apple and quince jellies, heliotrope and an intriguing meld of yeasty stale bread, florally honeyed and subtly truffly manifestations of botrytis. The creamy, expansive palate reprises all of the aforementioned elements, but also introduces generous parallel juiciness of fresh apple and lime. Displaying wonderful lift and delicacy, the lusciously lingering finish is transparent to stony, crystalline and floral nuances. David Schildknecht |
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2002 |
Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein ETA 90-120 Days (6x750ML) |
$1,953.99 |
1 |
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2014 |
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese (375 ML) |
$26.99 |
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VM 94+ (11/2016): This is especially shrouded by yeasty and otherwise fermentative aromas, but site-typical apple, pear and vanilla emerge. The creamy, delicate and expansive palate offers a delightful, chiffon-like mingling of fresh and glazed, confitured fruits. Vanilla bean and fruit seeds provide counterpoint on a lusciously lingering finish transparent to stony and saline inflections as well as haunting floral nuances.
WS 94 (3/2017): Crunchy and minerally, with plenty of fresh acidity behind the flavors of green apple, peach, pear tart and lemon bar. Slate accents show midpalate, leading to a snappy finish that offers savory candied herbal elements. Best from 2020 through 2040. 120 cases imported.
WA 92 (3/2016): The 2014 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is more open than the Graacher Himmelreich (#AP 19) and displays a very delicate bouquet of white fruits intermixed with vegetal and subtle slate aromas. Refined and juicy on the palate, this wine has a perfect balance of a fruity sweetness and a finely racy acidity. This Kabinett is very expressive and complex in its mineral and grippy finish. It is impressively long in the finish, but due to the piquancy and minerality, not due to alcohol that is just 8%. The Sonnenuhr is more complex and intense than the more delicate and filigreed Himmelreich. |
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2014 |
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese (1.5 L) |
$99.99 |
1 |
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VM 94+ (11/2016): This is especially shrouded by yeasty and otherwise fermentative aromas, but site-typical apple, pear and vanilla emerge. The creamy, delicate and expansive palate offers a delightful, chiffon-like mingling of fresh and glazed, confitured fruits. Vanilla bean and fruit seeds provide counterpoint on a lusciously lingering finish transparent to stony and saline inflections as well as haunting floral nuances.
WS 94 (3/2017): Crunchy and minerally, with plenty of fresh acidity behind the flavors of green apple, peach, pear tart and lemon bar. Slate accents show midpalate, leading to a snappy finish that offers savory candied herbal elements. Best from 2020 through 2040. 120 cases imported.
WA 92 (3/2016): The 2014 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is more open than the Graacher Himmelreich (#AP 19) and displays a very delicate bouquet of white fruits intermixed with vegetal and subtle slate aromas. Refined and juicy on the palate, this wine has a perfect balance of a fruity sweetness and a finely racy acidity. This Kabinett is very expressive and complex in its mineral and grippy finish. It is impressively long in the finish, but due to the piquancy and minerality, not due to alcohol that is just 8%. The Sonnenuhr is more complex and intense than the more delicate and filigreed Himmelreich. |
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2016 |
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel |
$109.95 |
3 |
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| Castellar Schlossberg |
1983 |
Franken Silvaner Eiswein Signs of Old Seepage; Bin-Soiled Label |
$199 |
1 |
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| Weingut Jakob Schneider |
2011 |
Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Beerenauslese (375 ML) |
$60 |
1 |
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| WA 93 (2/2013): A Schneider 2011 Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Beerenauslese positively prickles in its high-toned aromatic evocation of lemon rind, fresh ginger, herbal essences, and pit fruit distillates. Tangerine and preserved lemon slathered in honey, caramel, and nut pastes gain by the invigorating, metaphorically cooling palate presence of ginger, mint and cress. This is rather sweet-sour for now, but not to the degree of its Auslese Junior counterpart, and it is also compellingly penetrating, multifaceted and persistent. Look for at least 40 years of impressive performance as well as enhanced profundity. |
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| Freiherr von Schorlemer-Liefer |
1976 |
Brauneberger Juffer Beerenauslese (375 ML) Brown Color |
$100 |
1 |
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| Verwaltung der Staatlichen Weinbaudomanen Trier |
1983 |
Avelsbacher Hammerstein Riesling Eiswein Slightly Depressed Cork; Bin-Soiled Label |
$75 |
1 |
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