Wednesday 21.September
We get up early to drive to Trier and attend the VdP-tasting at the auction. We
go through the morning session and again during the auction. Here are my notes:
Wegeler
Bernkasteler Doctor riesling spätlese 2004
Nice appley and slatey wine with good structure. Fair enough. Auction price:
25,-€.
Bernkasteler Doctor riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
A little shy nose, some more mineral. Structured with some fat in the mouth.
More serious, but nothing great. Auction price: 73/40 € (75/37,5 cl).
Weingut Grans-Fassian
Trittenheimer Apotheke riesling auslese Lange goldkapsel 2004
A little wooly, petrolly nose. Good concentration and structure. Nice and
young. Auction price: 50 € (0,375 l)
Schloss Lieser
Lieser Niederberg Helden riesling spätlese 2004
Balsamic, floral style. Typical of this vineyard. Decent concetrated and round
style. Fair. Auction price: 23 €
Lieser Niederberg Helden riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
More intense. Some fat in the mouth, but well balanced. Not much botrytis.
Quite good wine. Auction price: 50/29 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Fritz Haag
Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr riesling spätlese 2004
Typical Haag-style. Elegant, mineral and structured. Very good. Auction price:
30 €
Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
Not unlike the spätlese with a little added richness. Good balance. Very good
again, but perhaps not much more impressive than the spätlese. Auction price:
80/43 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
J.J.Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr riesling spätlese 2004
Sulphury and backward. Petrolly and reductive aromas. Greatly structured in the
mouth, Very nice indeed. Auction price: 33 €
Wehlener Sonnenuhr riesling auslese 2004
Did I say sulphury and backward? This is impossible to taste. But the structure
is there. Probably will be very good. And the price went very low. Auction
price: 32/16 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Wehlener Sonnenuhr riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
Sulphury, but much more open. Mineral, even flowers. Again good structure and
some fatness. Another good effort from Prüm. Auction price: 110/40 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Graacher Himmelreich riesling auslese lange goldkapsel 2004
Concentrated and impressive structure. Powerful and sweet. But I never find the
aromas of Himmelreich very exciting. Neither is this. Auction price: 210/86 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Dr. H. Thanisch - Erben Thanisch
Berncasteler Doctor riesling spätlese 2004
A bit more racy than Wegelers version. Slatey and some mint. Fine, but not
great. Auction price: 25 €
Berncasteler Doctor riesling auslese 2004
Fine nose. More honeyed and some botrytise and mineral. Very good balance. Very
good indeed. Auction price: 35 €
Willi Schaefer
Graacher Domprobst riesling spätlese 2004
Fruity style. Highly structured and long. But aromatically not the most
exciting. Auction price: 25 €
Graacher Domprobst riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
More interest here. More slate and some botrytis. The added power and
concentration and the same great structure and length. Very good. Auction
price: 70/45 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Graacher Domprobst riesling beerenauslese 2003
Fruity and perfumed BA. Fine nose, not too ripe. Light fatness in the mouth. A
little botrytis. Good acids and structure. A great BA and a great 03. Auction
price: 255/250 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
St.Urbans-hof
Leiwener Laurentiuslay riesling spätlese 2004
Sulphur, floral. A bit candied fruit. Decent structure. A little disappointment
here. Auction price: 25 €
Ockfener Bockstein riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
A bit shy nose, slatey. Some floral notes. Good structure. On the light side.
Quite nice. Auction price: 75/35 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Dr. Loosen
Ürziger Würzgarten riesling spätlese 2004
Aromatic, typical ÜW-nose of spice. Typical kind and round Loosen-style. And
really quite a charming wine. Auction price: 27,50 €
Erdener Prälat riesling auslese lange goldkapsel 2004
Intence fruity and botrytised Prälat. Powerful, round and nice in the mouth.
Again very typical Loosen. And those that liked it did bid. Auction price:
370/190 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
J.J. Christoffel Erben
Ürziger Würzgarten riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
Spicey and floral nose. Nice aromas. Slightly fatness and decent structure.
Actually quite good, but could have used a little more acid. Auction price: 50
€ (0,375 l.)
Karthäuserhof
Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg riesling spätlese 2004
Nose has slate, forest floor and apples. Quite typical Ruwer to me. Elegant
style with good structure. This was a very good showing from Karthäuserhof. At
a great price. Auction price: 19 €
Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg riesling auslese lange goldkapsel #53 2004
Again another surprisingly good showing from Karthäuserhof. Botrytised and
powerful style with great structure. Great wine. Auction price: 73/31 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg riesling eiswein 1998
Very concentrated eiswein with a long and fresh taste. Some fatness in the
entrance. Fruity, but showed some age. Great wine. Auction price: 235/130 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Weingut Piedmont
Filzener Pulchen riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
I have fond memories of some 80’s version of this producers wines from the
Pulchen. So I was looking forward to tasting this. But what disappointment. Slate
and orange in the nose. Powerful but lacking in structure and style. Auction
price: 38 €
Weingut Von Hövel
Oberemmeler Hütte riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
What do we have here? A strange showing. A tad green and bitter. Some spice and
slate. Decent structure. Hard to judge, but I would not take the chance here. Auction
price: 58 €
Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken
Saarburger Rausch riesling spätlese 2004
Typical appley and hard Zilliken-style of spätlese. But mineral and quite
elegant in the mouth. Probably great with some age. Auction price: 21 €
Saarburger Rausch riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
No particularely heavy auslese GK from Zilliken this year. Not much botrytis,
More slatey and appley style. Young and structured. Very good wine. Auction
price: 62/26 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Saarburger Rausch riesling eiswein 2002
Intence fruity nose, light petrol and slate. Not very heavy eiswein from
Zilliken either this year. Structured. Good, not great. Auction price: 165/85 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Von Othegraven
Kanzem Altenberg riesling spätlese 2004
Balsamic and slightly floral style.. Young, structured and quite mineral. Not
the most exciting, but the price was good. Auction price: 16 €
Kanzem Altenberg riesling auslese 2004
More power, but quite elegant style with some botrytis on it. Great structure.
This was a very good showing and much better than the spätlese. Again at a good
price. Auction price: 48/25 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Kanzem Altenberg riesling auslese lange goldkapsel 2003
Richer more opulent nose. Nice minerals. Less structure. Better keep with the
04’s. Auction price: 48/25 € (0,75/0,375 l)
Le Gallais
Wiltinger Braune Kupp riesling spätlese 2004
Mieral, aplley nose. Racy. Elegant, structured and long. Very nice spätlese for
a good price. Auction price: 25 €
Wiltinger Braune Kupp riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
More botrytis and blackcurrant-leafs in the nose. More intense, yet great
structure. Another great showing from Le Gallais. Auction price: 100/50 €
(0,75/0,375 l.)
Egon Müller – Scharzhof
Scharzhofberger riesling kabinett 2004
Appley, mineral style. Elegant, cool and steely. Young. Another good price.
Auction price: 19 €
Scharzhofberger riesling spätlese 2004
More intence. Again steely and mineral style. More fruit. More structure. Very
good. Auction price: 50 €
Scharzhofberger riesling auslese goldkapsel 2004
Slatey, appley and mineral. Some botrytis. Some fat, yet keeps elegance,
balance and length. Great wine. Auction price: 235/130 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Scharzhofberger riesling eiswein 1998
Very concentrated and structured eiswein with a lot of fruit. Yet some minerals
and a bit rustic style. Some caramel. Huge structure. And a huge price. Auction
price:1310/650 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Schloss Saarstein
Serriger Schloss Saarstein riesling beerenauslese 2003
A bit tropical nose. Fruity BA. Ripe and fair structure. Good, but not great
BA. Auction price: 110 € (0,375 l.)
Bert Simon/Herrenberg
Serriger Würzberg riesling beerenauslese 2003
Fat and rich style. Raisiny and botrytised. Sweet, with decent structure. Good,
but no great BA. Auction price: 190/100 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
Serriger Herrenberg riesling trockenbeerenauslese 2003
Highly botrytised nose. Fat and rich style. Intense and botryised. Fine acids
and length. Very good indeed. Auction price: 410/220 € (0,75/0,375 l.)
S.A.Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr riesling beerenauslese 2003
Sweet, tropical and heavy BA style here. Some fatness, botrytise and good
structure which gives it length and interest. Auction price: 200 € (0,375 l.)
Wehlener Sonnenuhr riesling trockenbeerenauslese 2003
Raininy and much botrytise. But more fruity than Bert Simons TBA. Rich and
thick in the mouth.. Huge concentration. A bit tropical and much botrytis. Very
fine acid and long taste. Great wine from S.A. Prüm. Auction price: 600 € (0,375 l.)