Medium yellow. A rich, rather sweet Kabinett that is really a Spatlese by any other name. Ripe citrus, peach, and even mango. A rush of stoniness on the finish compensates to some extent for noticeably low acidity. Too loose and blurry.
-- popped and poured -- -- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
NOSE: medium-light to medium petrol; medium+ expressiveness; pretty much exactly what I think of when I think of "sweet MSR Riesling."
BODY: full bodied; no spritz; youthful light gold color.
TASTE: gooseberry, with ample mineral; youthful, but relaxed; mineral is metallic, and a green pear note emerged with air; high acidity; very nice right now.
50, 5, 12, 17, 8 = 92+
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Taking the price in to consideration this might be the best Kabinett I've ever had... I might have scored the 2018 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Kabinett 1 point higher than this but that one's also at least 4x the price and I rated it for the aging potential.
It had started turning a slight golden color after about 7 years now. Beautiful in the Spiegelau Definition Universal glass. 8% ABV.
Nose was right in your face from the first pour but opened up even more as time progressed. Green apple, apple blossom, white peach, nectarine, lime juice, wet slate and a very tiny hint of rubber and smoke fills up the nostrils. You can really sense the acidity here and that this wine is going to deliver...
Palate is just what all Kabinetts should be. The elegance and lightness combined with this fierce intensity and complexity with a long finish! It's just waves and waves of green apple, white peach, nectarine, lime juice, lime zest, passion fruit and such high minerality it's to die for. The balance between the fruity sweetness and high acidity is ethereal.
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Light gold color. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. Fusil, apple, apple blossoms, wet slate, and lime. The palate is brisk and fresh, sour apple, lime extract, light fusil, great balance and acidity. 92+ to 93.
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This Kabinet level wine was sweeter than is historically typical for kabinets. Be aware of that. I call it off dry actually. The petrol character is present, not too forward. Fruit is standout good. I would serve this with cheese and fruit, not dinner, though it could do fairly well with a dish featuring soft cheese or cream sauce - your option. It has the acid to work with a fatty food.... Drink or Hold.
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Pale yellow color with a bouquet and flavor of dried apples, citrus, and petrol. Very nice acidity with moderate nuance, good balance, and a moderately long finish. I was a bit disappointed in the wine as I chose it thinking that it wouldn't be too sweet, being a Kabinett, but it was in fact very sweet.
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Roofing tar and diesel on the nose with a hint of peach and apple blossoms and some underripe peach fruit. Great body on the palate with more peach and nectarine and the tartness of green apple. Finish lingers but too racy and tart to be enjoyable. Still closed for business at the moment.
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Medium yellow. Pure orchard fruit aromas. Light, off dry, tons of apple followed by lime, racy acidity, and a long stony finish. Terrific balance between richness and cut, dynamite interplay of sweet and sour that only German Rieslings do so perfectly. A treat on a sunny confinement afternoon.
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1st of 4 bottles. Pungent nose of petrol, with a little honey, chamomile, peach, and lemon/lime. Good balance of sweetness and acidity on the palate, but falls a little flat on the finish. Clearly a wine in the midst of developing, the fruit aromas and flavors overall seem a bit muted. I suspect this is because many the 2015s are closed for business right now. Will open my next bottle in 5-7 years.
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Exuberant fruit but I felt it lacked complexity and was overly sweet with a syrupy texture. Would pair well with spicy food but I think you can do better at this price point. Going to give the next bottle some time to see if anything develops.
-- popped and poured -- -- tasted non-blind over a few hours -- -- AP #: … 05 16 --
NOSE: medium-light petrol; slightly honeyed, with light fruit flavors; nectarine is the only specific fruit flavor that stood-out to me; medium+ expressiveness.
BODY: medium pale yellow color; no spritz; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: zippy acidity, and plenty of it; lots of mineral; pear; hint of canvas tent; 8% alc. not noticeable; Kabinett+ for sweetness. Yet another fantastic 2015 German Riesling! Gut impression score: 92 – 94. Drink Now – 2030.
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My last of 3 and as predicted, these purchased in late 2017 didn't make it to 2019. Not an amazing wine from such a gorgeously situated steep, legendary Mosel vineyard but, completely on the mark in every other way for Kabinett level Moselle Riesling. Lively, fresh, with an array of citrus, stone fruit, slate infused minerality and thankfully not much petrol. Wishing I had a few more of these. 8% Alc Solid value at $27. Great tonight with Kung Po Chicken.
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Lush yet energetic and fresh. Not unduly bright like young Riesling can be. Balanced, complex, delicious with just a hint of sweetness. Great alone with food. Petrol was very faint thankfully.
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Fantastic acidity, fruit-forward, off dry but really really balanced. Vintage 2015 will definitely be terrific! Buy a lot of this and drink now and within next 15 years
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Intense honeysuckle perfume is offset by enticing complexities of mushroom and earth in this sprightly off-dry Riesling. Concentrated tangerine and stone fruit flavors extend through a long, sunny finish
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6/5/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. A rich, rather sweet Kabinett that is really a Spatlese by any other name. Ripe citrus, peach, and even mango. A rush of stoniness on the finish compensates to some extent for noticeably low acidity. Too loose and blurry.
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9/18/2022 - grafstrb wrote: 92 Points
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
NOSE: medium-light to medium petrol; medium+ expressiveness; pretty much exactly what I think of when I think of "sweet MSR Riesling."
BODY: full bodied; no spritz; youthful light gold color.
TASTE: gooseberry, with ample mineral; youthful, but relaxed; mineral is metallic, and a green pear note emerged with air; high acidity; very nice right now.
50, 5, 12, 17, 8 = 92+
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7/13/2022 - Lehto Likes this wine: 93 Points
Taking the price in to consideration this might be the best Kabinett I've ever had...
I might have scored the 2018 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Kabinett 1 point higher than this but that one's also at least 4x the price and I rated it for the aging potential.
It had started turning a slight golden color after about 7 years now. Beautiful in the Spiegelau Definition Universal glass. 8% ABV.
Nose was right in your face from the first pour but opened up even more as time progressed. Green apple, apple blossom, white peach, nectarine, lime juice, wet slate and a very tiny hint of rubber and smoke fills up the nostrils. You can really sense the acidity here and that this wine is going to deliver...
Palate is just what all Kabinetts should be. The elegance and lightness combined with this fierce intensity and complexity with a long finish! It's just waves and waves of green apple, white peach, nectarine, lime juice, lime zest, passion fruit and such high minerality it's to die for. The balance between the fruity sweetness and high acidity is ethereal.
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8/18/2021 - grafstrb wrote:
Calming down since the last time I had this. Kabinett-level sweetness. Typical Mosel. 8% alc. not noticeable.
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7/24/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. Fusil, apple, apple blossoms, wet slate, and lime. The palate is brisk and fresh, sour apple, lime extract, light fusil, great balance and acidity. 92+ to 93.
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9/29/2020 - stevenc.rees@gmail.com Likes this wine: 91 Points
This Kabinet level wine was sweeter than is historically typical for kabinets. Be aware of that. I call it off dry actually. The petrol character is present, not too forward. Fruit is standout good. I would serve this with cheese and fruit, not dinner, though it could do fairly well with a dish featuring soft cheese or cream sauce - your option. It has the acid to work with a fatty food.... Drink or Hold.
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8/16/2020 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 90 Points
Pale yellow color with a bouquet and flavor of dried apples, citrus, and petrol. Very nice acidity with moderate nuance, good balance, and a moderately long finish. I was a bit disappointed in the wine as I chose it thinking that it wouldn't be too sweet, being a Kabinett, but it was in fact very sweet.
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6/28/2020 - shifter Likes this wine: 90 Points
Roofing tar and diesel on the nose with a hint of peach and apple blossoms and some underripe peach fruit. Great body on the palate with more peach and nectarine and the tartness of green apple. Finish lingers but too racy and tart to be enjoyable. Still closed for business at the moment.
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5/21/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Pure orchard fruit aromas. Light, off dry, tons of apple followed by lime, racy acidity, and a long stony finish. Terrific balance between richness and cut, dynamite interplay of sweet and sour that only German Rieslings do so perfectly. A treat on a sunny confinement afternoon.
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4/11/2020 - rieslinghoarder Likes this wine: 92 Points
1st of 4 bottles. Pungent nose of petrol, with a little honey, chamomile, peach, and lemon/lime. Good balance of sweetness and acidity on the palate, but falls a little flat on the finish. Clearly a wine in the midst of developing, the fruit aromas and flavors overall seem a bit muted. I suspect this is because many the 2015s are closed for business right now. Will open my next bottle in 5-7 years.
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3/11/2020 - Vietty wrote:
Exuberant fruit but I felt it lacked complexity and was overly sweet with a syrupy texture. Would pair well with spicy food but I think you can do better at this price point. Going to give the next bottle some time to see if anything develops.
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9/8/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 89 Points
not blind
a bit too sweet in the Balance but typical Mosel Kabi. 89
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7/17/2019 - grafstrb wrote:
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over a few hours --
-- AP #: … 05 16 --
NOSE: medium-light petrol; slightly honeyed, with light fruit flavors; nectarine is the only specific fruit flavor that stood-out to me; medium+ expressiveness.
BODY: medium pale yellow color; no spritz; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: zippy acidity, and plenty of it; lots of mineral; pear; hint of canvas tent; 8% alc. not noticeable; Kabinett+ for sweetness. Yet another fantastic 2015 German Riesling! Gut impression score: 92 – 94. Drink Now – 2030.
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6/28/2019 - ruth3 wrote:
WOTN, dry but luscious. honeyed weight and fresh at the same time.
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11/29/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
My last of 3 and as predicted, these purchased in late 2017 didn't make it to 2019. Not an amazing wine from such a gorgeously situated steep, legendary Mosel vineyard but, completely on the mark in every other way for Kabinett level Moselle Riesling. Lively, fresh, with an array of citrus, stone fruit, slate infused minerality and thankfully not much petrol. Wishing I had a few more of these. 8% Alc Solid value at $27. Great tonight with Kung Po Chicken.
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10/5/2018 - AllRed wrote: 89 Points
Peach, slate and lime. A slight spritz on the palate. Citrus, stone fruit and crab apple flavors.
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5/20/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
Bought 3 of these and the last btl will likely be well gone by 2019. Excellent.
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3/17/2018 - Richnstacy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bright, fresh, and drinking well young.
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3/6/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
Lush yet energetic and fresh. Not unduly bright like young Riesling can be. Balanced, complex, delicious with just a hint of sweetness. Great alone with food. Petrol was very faint thankfully.
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3/16/2017 - Anton_Wallin Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fantastic acidity, fruit-forward, off dry but really really balanced. Vintage 2015 will definitely be terrific! Buy a lot of this and drink now and within next 15 years
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11/21/2016 - saten26 wrote:
Intense honeysuckle perfume is offset by enticing complexities of mushroom and earth in this sprightly off-dry Riesling. Concentrated tangerine and stone fruit flavors extend through a long, sunny finish
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6/11/2016 - strawbo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tyske superstjerner (German superstars) (S'vinbar, Aarhus): Wine gum with pear flavor. Impressive balance. High drinkability.
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