Ripe with a fair amount of sweetness -- this would have been Spätlese in an earlier era. Pure, almost crystalline apricot fruit that is intense. Outstanding overall balance and still enough acidity. Cellared since original release.
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The nose reveals, lighter more subtle petrol characteristics, ripe golden apple, ripe fleshy pineapple , apricots, marmalade, lemon syrup, grapefruit with pith, honey, beeswax, a little lime candy, white spice, dry stones, yellow lilies and spring flowers.
The body is thick, rich, waxy and a touch syrupy. Dry, pineapple & apricots, golden apple, peach, lemon syrup, lime candy, some green apple, grapefruit with pith, marmalade, orange rind, fruit blossoms, honey, beeswax, soft delicate minerality, very light petrol notes, slate, white spice with yellow lilies and spring flowers. Acidity is round and magnificent. The 09 is in a good place with plenty of life ahead. The rich, lush, well balanced finish is persistent for minutes.
Excellent with spicy Asian food.
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Very light green tinge. Sweet nectarine and slightly bitter honey on the nose. Sweet lemon verbena and solid minerality. A distant hint of effervescence on a soft texture.
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Light color. More lime than orchard fruits and some secondary Riesling tones beginning to creep in. Wonderfully light with great impact of pure fruit and slate finish. Significant sweetness here, but somewhat leavened by the fine acidity and stone. A great end of summer dinner treat.
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Strong gasoline nose. This dissipated quickly, but some hints of it remained. Light wine, with some sweetness. Not my favorite, but the rest of the group liked it, so I declined to rate.
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Light yellow with some green. Yellow apple and cinnamon cut by lime and white flower. Off dry and perhaps a scooch fuller than your mind's eye Mosel Kabinett, but excellent acidity and even better slate throughout. Not perfect but I'm not complaining.
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the sharp acidity hits you first, then the tropical papaya and apricot and super ripe peach. RS I'm gaging at 40 g/l yet am trying to research the exact amount. It does NOT taste sweet at all, anyone would say the RS is modest at best yet given the eight percent alcohol it has to be 40 and above ....
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Light green tinged color yields lime, citrus, apricot, and stony fruits on both the nose and palate and a nice tight line of minerals and acidity run through the middle. Quite good.
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Friday first pour. Non-blind. Decanted for 15 hrs. (Non-decanted: dis-jointed and towards "ya-ya, sure, <interesting> yeah, but...") Intense Riesling nose moving towards bitter almonds, apricot and honeysuckle. Mellow, balanced, fantastically elegant in the mouth. Somersaulting acids in a mega complex setting of pure/precise Riesling berries, small sweetness lifting the experience, fabulous concentration ... and dry water color blocks. Long and longer. I just knew this wine had so much more to give than at the tasting. Will buy on sight for ~8 yr cellaring.
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Mastodont: Mosel from 2009 (Hemmavid): Non-Blind. Had immediately. Classic Mosel aromas on the nose with a candy-twist. Balanserad smak med riktigt bra syror längd. Dock håller den också på att falla ihop. Somewhat fluttering in style rather then held together. (76 views)
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Oh this nose is engorged with delicious peachy fruit as well as lots of lovely citrus aromas. There are complex mineral notes as well which make this nose not only extremely attractive but also seriously sophisticated. I’m finding this nose deeply foxy and fanciable – it is certainly well titted-out for a Kabinett. The initial impression the palate gives is one throbbing with ripe fruit and surprising sweetness for a Kabinett. That being said, when even the smallest amount hits your stomach you can feel the raw power of its acidity attempting to burn its way to freedom. Plenty of slate mineral character shows on the palate – I am in no doubt as to the serious class this wine shows. For all its sweetness and ripe fruit there is nothing to question about its harmony either. It is alive with lewd pleasure at this young stage in its development and shows that it will have an allure-charged future ahead of it. Clearly one of the best 09 Kabinetts I’ve been lucky enough to try.
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Wow! The nose and fruit taste are quite subtle, much less dominant than in other Kabinett wines I've had. The balance of sweetness and acidity, though, is just perfect, resulting in a wonderfully full smooth mouth feel. Quite sophisticated and would work very well as an opening wine for a formal dinner. Not sure how it will age, but I plan on buying a few more bottles to find out.
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5/25/2020 - cfk49 wrote: 92 Points
Ripe with a fair amount of sweetness -- this would have been Spätlese in an earlier era. Pure, almost crystalline apricot fruit that is intense. Outstanding overall balance and still enough acidity. Cellared since original release.
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12/15/2018 - Somm David T Likes this wine: 93 Points
The nose reveals, lighter more subtle petrol characteristics, ripe golden apple, ripe fleshy pineapple , apricots, marmalade, lemon syrup, grapefruit with pith, honey, beeswax, a little lime candy, white spice, dry stones, yellow lilies and spring flowers.
The body is thick, rich, waxy and a touch syrupy. Dry, pineapple & apricots, golden apple, peach, lemon syrup, lime candy, some green apple, grapefruit with pith, marmalade, orange rind, fruit blossoms, honey, beeswax, soft delicate minerality, very light petrol notes, slate, white spice with yellow lilies and spring flowers. Acidity is round and magnificent. The 09 is in a good place with plenty of life ahead. The rich, lush, well balanced finish is persistent for minutes.
Excellent with spicy Asian food.
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6/14/2018 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very light green tinge. Sweet nectarine and slightly bitter honey on the nose. Sweet lemon verbena and solid minerality. A distant hint of effervescence on a soft texture.
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9/1/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light color. More lime than orchard fruits and some secondary Riesling tones beginning to creep in. Wonderfully light with great impact of pure fruit and slate finish. Significant sweetness here, but somewhat leavened by the fine acidity and stone. A great end of summer dinner treat.
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5/16/2014 - jfpwine Does not like this wine:
Strong gasoline nose. This dissipated quickly, but some hints of it remained. Light wine, with some sweetness. Not my favorite, but the rest of the group liked it, so I declined to rate.
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12/9/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow with some green. Yellow apple and cinnamon cut by lime and white flower. Off dry and perhaps a scooch fuller than your mind's eye Mosel Kabinett, but excellent acidity and even better slate throughout. Not perfect but I'm not complaining.
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8/20/2013 - jibby Likes this wine: 88 Points
Lively. Just slightly sweet. Great balance. Good acidity. Highly drinkable. Nothing especially complex, but a great example of a Kabinett from Mosel.
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4/3/2013 - awinestory wrote: 89 Points
the sharp acidity hits you first, then the tropical papaya and apricot and super ripe peach. RS I'm gaging at 40 g/l yet am trying to research the exact amount. It does NOT taste sweet at all, anyone would say the RS is modest at best yet given the eight percent alcohol it has to be 40 and above ....
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3/26/2013 - Squirrelled wrote: 87 Points
Light green tinged color yields lime, citrus, apricot, and stony fruits on both the nose and palate and a nice tight line of minerals and acidity run through the middle. Quite good.
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2/23/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dr. Thanisch Wines with Sofia Thanisch (Nectar Wine Lounge, San Francisco): Racier, livelier and drier than the Badstube Kabinett. Amazing expression of slate all the way through to the finish. Thrilling in this respect. Will age.
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6/22/2012 - StefanAkiko wrote: 92 Points
Friday first pour.
Non-blind. Decanted for 15 hrs.
(Non-decanted: dis-jointed and towards "ya-ya, sure, <interesting> yeah, but...")
Intense Riesling nose moving towards bitter almonds, apricot and honeysuckle.
Mellow, balanced, fantastically elegant in the mouth. Somersaulting acids in a mega complex setting of pure/precise Riesling berries, small sweetness lifting the experience, fabulous concentration ... and dry water color blocks. Long and longer.
I just knew this wine had so much more to give than at the tasting. Will buy on sight for ~8 yr cellaring.
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6/8/2012 - StefanAkiko wrote: 90 Points
Mastodont: Mosel from 2009 (Hemmavid): Non-Blind. Had immediately.
Classic Mosel aromas on the nose with a candy-twist. Balanserad smak med riktigt bra syror längd. Dock håller den också på att falla ihop. Somewhat fluttering in style rather then held together. (76 views)
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3/15/2011 - David Strange Likes this wine:
Oh this nose is engorged with delicious peachy fruit as well as lots of lovely citrus aromas. There are complex mineral notes as well which make this nose not only extremely attractive but also seriously sophisticated. I’m finding this nose deeply foxy and fanciable – it is certainly well titted-out for a Kabinett. The initial impression the palate gives is one throbbing with ripe fruit and surprising sweetness for a Kabinett. That being said, when even the smallest amount hits your stomach you can feel the raw power of its acidity attempting to burn its way to freedom. Plenty of slate mineral character shows on the palate – I am in no doubt as to the serious class this wine shows. For all its sweetness and ripe fruit there is nothing to question about its harmony either. It is alive with lewd pleasure at this young stage in its development and shows that it will have an allure-charged future ahead of it. Clearly one of the best 09 Kabinetts I’ve been lucky enough to try.
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2/28/2011 - missionpk wrote: 92 Points
Wow! The nose and fruit taste are quite subtle, much less dominant than in other Kabinett wines I've had. The balance of sweetness and acidity, though, is just perfect, resulting in a wonderfully full smooth mouth feel. Quite sophisticated and would work very well as an opening wine for a formal dinner. Not sure how it will age, but I plan on buying a few more bottles to find out.
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