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• 2015 Schloss Lieser Niederberg Helden Riesling Spätlese

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  5/5/2024 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Method: pop and pour; white wine glass; fridge temp
  
  Look: light+ gold with yellow and green tint
  
  Nose: honey, apricot, fresh ginger, salt, mineral
  
  Palate: light honey, apricot, lime, mineral; medium+ finish salt, ginger, lime; medium sweetness; medium body; high- acidity
  
  Overall thoughts: Very expressive nose. Palate is nice mix of ripe fruit, spice and mineral. Great tension between the sweetness and pretty electric acidity. I feel like it's just nicely integrated but still primary. Many years left, but great now. Great wine!
  
  Update: 30 minutes later and the spice element is really exploding on the palate. Raised my score from 93 to 94. Excellent wine!
  
  Paired wonderfully with carnes asada tacos.

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• 2014 Kutch Pinot Noir Falstaff Vineyard

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  5/4/2024 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Method: pop and pour; chilled; Burg glass
  
  Look: medium+ garnet-plum
  
  Nose: ripe cranberry, blood orange, forest floor, light mushroom
  
  Palate: cranberry, underripe cherry, maybe some slight underlying earthiness; long finish blood orange, dried herbs; dry; medium body; medium tannin; medium+ acidity
  
  Overall thoughts: Very nice nose with good mix of fruit and earth. The palate is more fruity, but definitely not too ripe, with a hint of earthiness to make it a bit more interesting. Well balanced and put together. 88 - 89 points. Very good wine.

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• 2022 A.J. Adam Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Spätlese Auction

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  4/28/2024 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Method: initially tasted pop and pour, but taking notes 6 hours after first opening; about 50 degrees; white wine glass
  
  Look: light straw
  
  Nose: pure white peach nectar, ginger, mineral; very expressive
  
  Palate: juicy ripe white peach, ginger; medium+ finish light parsley, salinity, ginger, mineral; medium sweetness; medium body; medium acidity
  
  Overall thoughts: Really expressive with beautiful, pure and precise fruit, which is complimented nicely by spice and minerality. Good body and just a lot of substance here. Finishes just a touch sweet at the moment and, while it is sufficiently balanced, it lacks the acidity to create the tension I love so much. This should improve quite a bit as it sheds its baby fat and the sweetness integrates a bit. Great wine!

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