1999 Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben-Thanisch) Berncasteler Doctor Riesling Spätlese Goldkapsel

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  8/7/2021 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points

  Another knock-out from the Dr. Thanisch 1999 Gold Kaps! This bottle pushed the horizontal boundaries of the type of complexity that spatlese can deliver: while the limits did exist, and this could never be an old auslese, it was incredible-- the delineation of so many tones of apricot, burnt sugar, deep orange flowers, that stony spatlese minerality, especially in the Berncastel Doctor richness, and just a pleasure with food. These kabinetten, spatlesen and auslesen from their 1999 vintage GKs are very special and perhaps overlooked by vintage or otherwise.

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  6/21/2020 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 Points

  Thanisch wins the 1999 Trifecta. In this not great vintage, their three first Gold Capsule pradikat wines are stunning. The spatlese, the last one tasted, is in perfect drinking order now. With a hint of auslese sweetness, this Berncasteler Doctor shows its terroir perfectly. So much pure honeyed slate, deep minerality, just wave after wave of stones carried by honeysuckle, apricot and peach— none of them as luscious as in the auslese, but rather traveling that nice spatlese route down the middle of the tongue without getting too much into the flowers or tropical fruits. One could seek more complexity in a finer vintage, but that is besides the point here.

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