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jason

Napa Valley

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01/16/2006 8:56 PM
Pale straw with green hints and a medium nose of stones, citrus, hints of grapefruit and dark fruits. Medium bodied, medium plus intensity and medium plus acidity. This was so nice and balanced, wound up on the palate displaying much of the nose with seemingly so much more to offer all wrapped up with great acidity. A buy.

Joseph Bembry User is Offline

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01/16/2006 9:53 PM
Agreed. Tremendous Riesling. If you get a chance to try the 2004 Dellchen Spatlese, you won't be sorry. Even better. jb

incident

Grape Stomper
Posts:108

02/05/2006 11:14 PM
I asked the same thing about another of your Donnhoff posts. What do you know of how this wine may mature? Thanks again. The reason I ask is that I have a few, and I have loved them now, but I am not very well versed in mature Riesling.

ChangeMe

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Posts:986

02/06/2006 12:36 PM
Ok, now for the spatlesen. They age very, very well. I was fortunate enough to be able to host a tasting of Donnhoff Spatlese from 1994-1999 last May, and the results were uniformly outstanding. Eight years on the 1997s were just starting to hit their stride, and the 1999s (we had no 1998s) were barely coming out to play, but oh were they delicious. The older wines were also magnificent, more smoky than fruity, but still delicious, just in a different way. All that said, I advocate aging Donnhoff Spatlese for 8-10 years then enjoying the fruits of patience.

incident

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02/06/2006 3:54 PM
This will not be easy. We opened a couple of these last night, and they were excellent. Gonna have to bury these deep in the cellar and hope to forget about them. Thanks for the helpful answers on this. incident.

ChangeMe

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02/06/2006 4:28 PM
Quote: This will not be easy. We opened a couple of these last night, and they were excellent. Gonna have to bury these deep in the cellar and hope to forget about them. Thanks for the helpful answers on this. incident. You know what...if you like them, drink them. There's no crime in drinking German Riesling young. They'll make more! If you're not familiar with older Riesling I would hate to see you bury them all. Just age a couple until you know what you really do or do not like in this genre. Older German Riesling is a different beast from the young stuff.

GATC

Barrel Sampler
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02/07/2006 9:12 PM
Good advice. I love aged rieslings that taste like a young wine. It could be that I really don't like aged rieslings at all. I do know that any young riesling that has a hint of smoke or petrol as a descriptor is a wine that I will not like aged.

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