2016 Julian Haart Wintricher Ohligsberg Riesling Kabinett

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  12/11/2021 - Schuurtje wrote: 90 Points

  Very delicate, Nice balance sweet acidity
  At the moment no petrol
  Fine good wine

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  4/11/2020 - kfinsrud wrote: 91 Points

  Double decanted and swirled really well in the decanter. Served a couple of hours later. Clearly a needed operation as this is a very reductive wine. Green apples, lemon and "rocky". On the palate a citrusy feel to it, stony and a bit of apples again. Consistent with the nose, not much surprise here. A very linear and pure kabinett with great balance, it tastes just a little sweet at the beginning, then rather dry through the curve. A bit lean finish. Super with sushi.

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  2/8/2020 - Barry Rothof wrote: 91 Points

  Wine & Dine with Julian Haart (The Jane **, Antwerp): More thin and zesty on the palate with some delicate exotic fruits, nice while not truly grand.

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  3/22/2018 - forceberry wrote: 85 Points

  8,5% alcohol. Tasted blind among 49 other 2016 Riesling Kabinetts in Kabinett Cup 2016.
  
  Crystalline, almost completely colorless appearance. Slightly reductive and skunky nose with a hint of Böckser and vague notes of green apples and some white pepper. The wine is light-to-medium-bodied, crisp and medium-sweet on the palate with bracing acidity and focused, yet rather underwhelming flavors of lemony citrus fruits, some apple peel, a little bit of slatey minerality and a hint of skunky Böckser. The finish is saline and tangy with pure but very restrained flavors of lemony citrus fruits and a hint of steeliness.
  
  A very nice, racy and delicate - almost airy - Kabinett that suffers from its rather reductive character. Even though the wine had been open for some 24 hours before the tasting, it was still pretty closed and slightly skunky, thus obviously not giving its best. I enjoyed the style here very much, but as the wine was so underwhelming, I really couldn't go high with my score. However, I'm quite positive the wine will show much better if aired properly (something in the ballpark of three days) or just left to age for something like 6-9 years or more. The wine didn't end up in anyone's top 5 and thus it didn't manage to score any points from 12 judges. In its current state the wine feels pretty expensive for its style at 19€.

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