ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
 | | 03/07/2006 12:58 PM |
| There really should not be much of any bottle variation. It's one fuder (110 cases) all bottled at once.
One of the great things about German Riesling: small batches. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 03/07/2006 2:03 PM |
| | You know a lot more about this than I do. You mean that all the wine for this bottling was mixed together so that each bottle should have exactly the same wine? | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
| | 03/08/2006 3:53 AM |
| | There was not all that much to mix together. There was one fuder (a very large, old barrel) which is equivalent to about 110 cases. It all gets bottled at once. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 03/08/2006 4:00 AM |
| | Must be a huge barrel to hold 110 cases. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
| | 03/08/2006 4:46 PM |
| | Indeed the barrel is big, but I have seen much larger oak ovals in use at German estates. | | | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Thief
Posts:2875
| | 01/22/2007 1:24 AM |
| I was digging through my collection when I found a bottle of this which appeared to be oozing just a bit. There was a small drop of concentrated stickiness on the capsule. So I pulled it out and opened it. The top of the cork was likewise wet and sticky, and the cork itself showed considerable dampness.
The wine itself was not spoiled. However, it did seem slightly faded; no sharp acidity. No petrol either. Instead, a light, sweet flavor exhibiting apples and citrus.
I am hopeful that this was the only leaky bottle (the other bottles appeared fine); but I am just a little concerned. | | | |
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Claret
Reno, NV
Grape Sorter
Posts:249
| | 01/22/2007 2:04 AM |
| | Leaking Germans are usually not something to worry about. I bought a 6 pack of this wine and have not tasted one yet. A 3 star is still young and perhaps it is closing up. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
| | 01/22/2007 1:09 PM |
| | Anyone looking for sharp acidity in a 2003 Auslese is looking in the wrong place. The *** has only about 6 g/l of acidity. Unless you've been drinking Cal Cab all night there's no way it should ever taste acidic. | | | |
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Rothko
Palm Beach
Wine Thief
Posts:2875
| | 05/14/2007 5:51 PM |
| Had a bottle on Saturday night. Delicious. | | | |
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GATC
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2420
| | 05/18/2007 5:08 PM |
| | After trying the highly touted 2005's this wine is still pretty hard to beat. The interesting thing is that I am trying more of the 2001's (which still may not be ready), but I have to say that the concentration and richness of the 2003's are hard to beat, even though they may not have the classic balance. This and the ET** and spatlese are still the buy of the century for me. Even though I bought more than 30 cases of the 3, I am kicking myself for not buying more. | | | |
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Winoman
Herndon VA
Grape Sorter
Posts:390
| | 06/04/2007 11:35 PM |
| Posted By GATC on 05/18/2007 5:08 PM
After trying the highly touted 2005's this wine is still pretty hard to beat. The interesting thing is that I am trying more of the 2001's (which still may not be ready), but I have to say that the concentration and richness of the 2003's are hard to beat, even though they may not have the classic balance. This and the ET** and spatlese are still the buy of the century for me. Even though I bought more than 30 cases of the 3, I am kicking myself for not buying more.
I agree with you on this one - it has become our favorite Reisling of late...and while I only purchased about 3 cases (30 cases!!!!) I'm finding myself running a bit low and will be sad to see this gone. Its just drinking so great right now its hard to resist (and lacking acidity I don't think it will be served by any extended aging)...yeah I certainly wish I had bought more of this - for the price its about impossible to touch.Were enjoing the ET** and Spatlese as well (and are running our of all the above...likley will not last the smmer...) - but clearly the *** is the sh*t.
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Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10802
| | 06/05/2007 8:44 AM |
| | This was the deal of the century -even I bought 1.5 cases of this and the same of the **. We probably should finish these off in the near future. Tasty! | | | |
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Claret
Reno, NV
Grape Sorter
Posts:249
| | 08/05/2007 7:47 PM |
| I finally opened up a bottle, not because I wanted to but because I had to. When I was moving around my six bottles, I noticed that two of them were leaking real bad. I pulled the cork on the worst bottle, and recorked the other bottle after giving it a blast of nitrogen.
The wine was good but not spectacular. I prefer a bit more acidity in my whites. I do not think the juice was badly damaged at this point and perhaps a few more years will be kind to the wine. | | | |
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Winoman
Herndon VA
Grape Sorter
Posts:390
| | 10/28/2007 12:43 AM |
| | Just opened one of my last of these tonight (perhaps have 4-5 more...) and noticed lots of syrupy oozing out the cork (not the first time I've had this issue with Christofel wines). The wine still drank well - but with noticibly less effervesence (& brightness) then usual. We drank it quite chilled and I suspect it would not have compared as favorably to others we've had at room temp. Still went very well with the Thai food and my wife and I had no problems slurping it all down and wishing for more... | | | |
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