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Mönchhof - Robert Eymael
(Mosel valley)
Long a good estate, in the past several vintages, Robert Eymael has
moved up another notch.
In the future, he will be leasing the vines from Joh. Jos. Christoffel,
and although the style may be different from Christoffel's, there should
be no drop in quality. Interestingly, Eymael says that his vines were
healthy and he had no problem with botrytis in 2000 - certainly the
envy of the overwhelming majority of this peers. One can see in the
wines, too, that this is not a hollow boast.
In a few years, served blind, these wines will flabbergast those who
will know the 2000 vintage only by its reputation for poor to mediocre
wines.
2000 Mönchhof Estate Riesling (APN 16 01)
The Riesling is delicate and slightly sweet with lovely spied pear fruit.
89 / A
2000 Mönchhof Estate Riesling (APN 3 01)
This second lot of Estate Riesling shows more botrytis and spice that
stems from the Ürziger Würzgarten origins of the wine. Fine concentration
and depth for the vintage. Drink over the next 2-3 years.
87 / A-
2000 Mönchhof ASTOR Riesling Kabinett (from
Ürziger Würzgarten, APN 5 01)
Astor has a great attack with penetration to the lovely stony fruit.
90 / A
2000 Mönchhof Riesling Spätlese Ürziger Würzgarten
(APN 7 01)
The Spätlese similarly shows great attack and penetration and more
of the vineyard´s hallmark spice. But as great as it is, this
is a tight wine that will need some time to develop. 93
/ A
2000 Mönchhof Riesling Auslese Ürziger Würzgarten
(APN 9 01)
The Auslese shows more spicy peach fruit on top of the stoniness, and
again the electric, penetrating fruit. Give this wine 4 - 5 years to
develop. 94 / A
2000 Mönchhof Riesling Auslese Erdener
Prälat
This Auslese has pure, crystalline peach fruit that shows botrytis in
a clean, pure fashion. As is typical, it is more tropical and creamier
than the Würzgarten. 95 / A
2000 Mönchhof Riesling Auslese Gold Cap (GKA)
Erdener Prälat (APN
12 01)
The GKA originally was intended to be an Eiswein, but not enough was
produced. Instead, it will be an auction wine. It is racy, round, deep,
and long with great harmony to the fruit. Not all failed Eiswein is
successful, but his one is. 95 / A
Fritz Haag
(Mosel valley)
If you just looked at the wines at this estate, you would think 2000
was a wonderful vintage. Yet Wilhelm Haag, who began making the wines
here in 1957, calls 2000 the most difficult of the 44 vintages he has
made. Harvest began on October 11 and finished on November 17, with
4 passes through the vineyards. He compares the results to a cross between
1993 and 1985 - not bad by any means.
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling (APN 1 01)
The Riesling (technically a halbtrocken) is pure, deep, crystalline,
and racy, a wonder for a QbA.
90 / A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Kabinett (APN 3
01)
Haag's Riesling Kabinett is similarly sleek and racy with crystalline
fruit and excellent concentration, but it remains more closed than the
Riesling. 90/ A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Kabinett Brauneberger
Juffer-Sonnenuhr (APN 5 01)
This Kabinett has filigree Riesling fruit, great race, an ethereal lightness,
and great depth. 93 / A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Spätlese Brauneberger
Juffer-Sonnenuhr (APN 7 01)
The Spätlese, 60% of the average yield, is spicy and racy with
purity and perfect balance. 94 / A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Auslese Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr
(APN 6 01)
Haag succeeded in making an Auslese, but the production is only 7% of
average. The wine is pure, spiced, deep, and slatey. 95
/ A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Auslese Gold Cap Brauneberger
Juffer-Sonnenuhr (Fuder 9, APN 10 01)
The GKA is way too young and closed to drink now. But the material here
is astonishing: depth, purity, spiced slate lime fruit, elegance, power
and tremendous length.
96 / A
2000 Fritz Haag Riesling Beerenauslese Brauneberger
Juffer-Sonnenuhr (APN 15 01)
Finally, an amazing feat in this vintage, the BA. 200 liters were made.
The grapes came in at 140-150 degrees Oechsle and the acidity is 12.5
g/l. The nose is quite powerful with very pure botrytis showing. On
the palate, the wine is light and ethereal, not showing much sweetness
for now because of the acidity. This is not a BA to bowl you over, but
rather one for contemplation and wonder. 97 / A
Reinhold Haart
(Mosel valley)
The inequality of the vintage is shown by the two lots of Piesporter
Goldtröpfchen.
2000 Reinhold Haart Riesling Kabinett Piesporter
Goldtröpfchen (APN 4 01)
The first Kabinett shows perfumed apricot aromas and flavors with great
opulence, depth, power, and balance. 92 / A
2000 Reinhold Haart Riesling Kabinett Piesporter
Goldtröpfchen (APN 5 01)
The second Kabinett is less pure with less depth to acidity supporting
the lime and incipient apricot fruit and something not quite clean on
the finish. I'd drink the wine over the next 3 to 5 years.
87? / B
2000 Reinhold Haart Riesling Spätlese Piesporter
Goldtröpfchen (APN 6 01)
With this wine I had very different reactions to two bottles of the
same lot. One was rather sweet and powerful with incipient apricot fruit,
but was lacking the precision and finesse of Haart's very finest efforts.
Another bottle was restrained, but showed depth, purity and potential.
87-92? / B- / A
2000 Reinhold Haart Riesling Auslese Piesporter
Goldtröpfchen (APN 10 01)
The Auslese is stony and unevolved, with depth, chewiness, and purity.
Wait 6 to 8 years on this wine. 93(+) / A-
von Hövel (Saar valley)
Following the extremely ripe 1999s, it was a much more difficult vintage
here, but Eberhard von Kunow succeeded with what he had.
2000 Balduin von Hövel Riesling
86 / B+
2000 von Hövel Riesling Kabinett Oberemmeler
Hütte (APN 2 01)
The Kabinett is a great success wity stony peach fruit, penetration,
and balance. 90 / A
Karthäuserhof (Ruwer valley)
After 1999s that were, to say the least, uncharacteristic of this property,
the 2000s are more recognizable with the crystalline clarity typical
of the wine of this great property.
2000 Karthäuserhof Riesling halbtrocken Eitelsbacher
Karthäuserhofberg
86 / B+
2000 Karthäuserhof Riesling Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg
86 / B+
2000 Karthäuserhof Riesling Kabinett Eitelsbacher
Karthäuserhofberg (APN 7 01)
The Kabinett is a bit deeper with similar apple fruit. It also appears
a little drier, perhaps due to greater acidity. It currently (as reflected
in the score) is showing less well than it did a few month ago.
87 / B
Schloss Lieser (Mosel valley)
2000 Schloss Lieser Riesling (halbtrocken)
86(+) / B+
2000 Schloss Lieser Riesling Kabinett (APN
3 01)
The Kabinett has nice stoniness, depth, and concentration. It should
last 7-8 years, at least.
88 / B+
2000 Schloss Lieser Riesling Spätlese Lieser
Niederberg Helden (APN 5 01)
The Spätlese is creamy and round, as the wines from that property
ought to be, with cinnamon apple fruit, decent acidity, and some sweetness
showing, depth, but also delicacy and not the concentration of a finer
wine.
88(+) / B
2000 Schloss Lieser Riesling Auslese Lieser Niederberg
Helden
86(+) / C
Milz / Laurentiushof (Mosel valley)
2000 Milz Riesling Spätlese Trittenheimer
Leiterchen (APN 6 01)
This Spätlese is pleasing for its mineral, lemon fruit but does
not carry the grip of the finest years.
87 / B-
2000 Milz Riesling Spätlese Trittenheimer
Felsenkopf
86 / C
2000 Milz Riesling Spätlese Trittenheimer
Apotheke (APN 8 01)
The Apotheke Spätlese has attractive lemon flavors and aromas and
just enough acidity to provide an edge to balance the medium sweetness.
A lovely wine on its own or with lightly spicy food, such as Asian cuisines.
89 / B
2000 Milz Riesling Auslese Trittenheimer
Felsenkopf (APN 9 01)
This Auslese is quite successful with flowery fruit and a delicacy to
its sweetness.
93 / A
2000 Milz Riesling Eiswein Trittenheimer
Apotheke (APN 10 01)
The Eiswein is absolutely lovely for its complex, layered slate and
lime blossom aromas and flavors. In the mouth, the wine has a gentleness
and suppleness that is unusual for an Eiswein, making it both attractive
and atypical. A lack of grip and penetration prevents this wine fomr
being still another grade higher. Contrary my usual recommendation for
Eiswein, I´d drink this young.
94 / B+
Joh. Jos. Prüm
(Mosel valley)
You can buy this estate blind, no matter what the vintage conditions,
and be assured of great wine.
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Kabinett Graacher Himmelreich
(APN 16 01)
Prüm´s Graacher Kabinett is pure and crystalline and still
has some leesiness to it, but there is also stony lime blossom fruit
- a textbook Mosel.
91 / A
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Kabinett Wehlener Sonnenuhr
(APN 14 01)
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is richer, deeper more powerful, and
less open than the Graacher. Whereas one can alreadz begin to enjoy
the Himmelreich Kabinett, this Sonnenuhr Kabinett still needs 2-3 years´
cellaring, but one already gets gleams of the vanilla and lime Sonnenuhr
fruit, along with a light leesiness.
92 / A
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Spätlese Graacher
Himmelreich (APN 27 01)
The Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese shows its ripeness with quince
fruit and the classic sugar playing off against acidity to give the
balance worthy of a Mozart piano sonata. One can already begin to drink
this wine, too, and it should have no problem lasting.
93 / A
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Spätlese Wehlener
Sonnenuhr (APN 25 01)
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spätlese one again is more powerful than
its Himmelreich counterpart. What is missing in playfulness will be
recovered with aging. Here the fruit has turned to a golden apple, supported
always by the acidity.
93 / A
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Auslese Graacher Himmelreich
(APN 28 01)
Once again, the textbook style belongs to the Graacher Himmelreich Auslese.
This wine has the opulence of an Auslese but the raciness and stoniness
of a Mosel wine. Lovely sweet lime blossom fruit with exquisite balance
and medium weight, all held togehter by the acidity, which is sufficient,
but does not block current enjoyment of this wine.
94 / A
2000 JJ Prüm Riesling Auslese Wehlener Sonnenuhr
(APN 26 01)
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese shows allspice and closed spiced apple
fruit with medium sweetness balanced by the acidity. Don´t think
of touching this wine for 3-5 years, and I would expect at least 20
years of life ahead of it. Thiswil be yet another Prüm wine that
people pull out years after a vintage has been castigated in order to
ürpve the greatness of this estate - and why many consider it the
greatest white wine estate in the world.
95 / A
Bert Simon (Saar valley)
2000 Bert Simon Riesling Kabinett Serriger Herrenberg
(APN 3 01)
Simon´s Kabinett shows pear fruit, good purity and depth.
87 / B
2000 Bert Simon Riesling Spätlese Serriger
Herrenberg (APN 4 01)
The Spätlese is concentrated and stony, with juicy lime aromas,
a round texture and length and depth to the lime fruit.
91 / A-
Wegeler (Mosel valley)
Norbert Breit is making such wonderful wines at Wegeler. He makes Bernkasteler
Doctor as it should be, but it the last few decades so rarely been,
made.
2000 Wegeler Riesling (APN 15 01)
Wegeler´s estate Riesling has pure lemon-lime, slate Riesling
fruit and a fine attack from the acidity. It is just a touch delicate,
and off-dry. I´d drink over the next 1-2 years with food or on
its own.
87 / A-
2000 Wegeler Riesling Kabinett Bernkasteler Doctor
(APN 8 01)
This is the first Bernkasteler Doctor Kabinett that Wegeler has produced
since 1996. The wine is very delicate and precise with a petrol nose,
and great acidity that gives real penetration or electricity to the
wine.
93 / A+
2000 Wegeler Riesling Spätlese Bernkasteler
Doctor (APN 9 01)
The Bernkasteler Doctor Spätlese is equally fine (as the Kabinett)
with spicy aromas and flavors and an ethereal quality to it.
93 / A
2000 Wegeler Riesling Auslese Bernkasteler Doctor
(APN 10 01)
The Bernkasteler Doctor Auslese has peach and lime fruit with ginger
overtones, a little botrytis, and power in the body. It is a wonderful
wine to drink already and should improve over the next decade or more.
94 / A
Dr. F. Weins-Prüm
(Mosel valley)
Do not confuse this estate with the much less interesting Dr. Weins-Prüm.
Bert Selbach´s estate produces wines of consistently outstnading quality,
but alas, there is so little of it.
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling halbtrocken
86 / B+
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling (APN
8 01)
The Riesling, which in fact comes from the Graacher Himmelreich, is
deeper with lemon-vanilla fruit, more depth, and a better balance than
the Riesling halbtrocken.
88 / A
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling Kabinett Wehlener
Sonnenuhr (APN 2 01)
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett is pure and crystalline with Sonnenuhr
vanilla and mineral fruit that will take on further definition with
a few years´age and with fine acidity.
90(+) / A
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling Spätlese
Wehlener Sonnenuhr (APN 5 01)
Significantly better than the Kabinett is the Spätlese. The wine
is aromatically complex with variations of peach aromas. In the mouth,
the wine shows flowery peach fruit - a dancer.
93 / A
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling Spätlese
Erdener Prälat (APN 6 01)
The Erdener Prälat Spätlese has peach aromas with depth and
balance on the palate. This is less extroverted and heavy than that
of Mönchhof but sublime for its delicacy and finesse.
95 / A+
2000 Dr. F. Weins-Prüm Riesling Auslese Wehlener
Sonnenuhr (APN 9 01)
The Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese is wine that wins by its its purity and
precision, not by its power. Lovely lemon-lime slate fruit in the nose
and mouth and hints ofthe peaches that will develop oer time, the wine
is delicate and nervy with a sugar-acid balance that suggests that the
wine can easily take on food.
93 / A-
Zilliken - Forstmeister Geltz (Saar valley)
2000 Zilliken Riesling halbtrocken
84 / B-
2000 Zilliken Riesling
84 / B-
2000 Zilliken Riesling Kabinett Saarburger Rausch
84 / C
Emrich - Schönleber (Nahe valley)
One of the major problems for Nahe producers is that the wines of Hermann
Dönnhoff are so obviously outstanding that those of other producers
get overlooked. Emrich-Schönleber is a prime example. Without Dönnhoff,
this estate would receive many nominations for tops in the Nahe. The
progress the last few years has been nothing short of stunning, and,
frankly, Dönnhoff level is not far away.
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Monzinger Grauburgunder
(Pinot Gris) Spätlese trocken
(APN 5 01)
The Pinot Gris has a dusty, perfumed nose. In the mouth, the wine has
hints of the nutty, butter flavors that I asociate with most Pinot Gris,
but also the minerality that characterizes the wines of this region.
89 / B
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling halbtrocken
(APN 7 01)
The Riesling halbtrocken shows all the crystalline purity of the Nahe
with penetrating, mineral, stony fruit. Drink over the next 3-4 years
on its own, or better, with fish, fowl, or cheeses.
87 / A
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Kabinett (Monzinger
Frühlingsplätzchen) (APN
12 01)
The wine has slatey-lime aromas and flavors, real penetration, and relaive
dryness. Lovely for now and, I would expect, at least the next 5-6 years.
91 / A
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Spätlese
Monzinger Halenberg (APN 17 01)
This Spätlese shows deep lemon-lime fruit and sleekness and purity.
92 / A
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Auslese Monzinger
Halenberg (APN 24 01)
The Auslese is sweet, nervy, and creamy with a lovely limon-lime chiffon
flavor. It is a real standout in this vintage.
94 / A
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Auslese ***
(3 star) Monzinger Halenberg (APN
23 01)
It would be impossible to guess this wine as a 2000 wine. The acidity
and balance simply belie that fact. The wine has plenty of botrytis
in the nose and mouth, exspressed as a honeyed pineapple fruit. What
a treat!
95 / A
2000 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Eiswein Monzinger
Frühlingsplätzchen (APN
25 01)
The Eiswein has the high acidity and essence of Riesling qualities typical
of Eiswein, yet there is also a weightiness on the palate and a viscosity
suggesting perhaps that this originally was intended as a BA. Either
way, it is quite successful for the vintage.
95 / A
Franz Künstler (Rheingau region)
2000 Franz Künstler Riesling halbtrocken
(APN 6 01)
2000 is a difficult vintage for Künstler, but the Riesling halbtrocken
is successful with plum and allspice aromas, and a round, generous mouth
with deep plum and peach fruit.
88 / A
Wegeler (Rheingau region)
With the separation from Deinhard a few years ago, Wegeler has begun
to establish itself as one of the great producers of the Rheingau. The
presence of Oliver Haag, son of the great Wilhelm Haag of Weingut Fritz
Haag, has surely helped here. Along with Leitz, this was one of the
two Rhinegau estates that I found to have had outstanding wine in this
vintage.
2000 Wegeler Riesling Kabinett
(APN 4 01)
The Kabinett, composed primarily of wine from Geisenheim and Rüdesheim,
has plum and peach aromas and flavors, and the addition of nectarines
on the palate, too.
92 / A
2000 Wegeler Riesling Spätlese Rüdesheimer
Berg Rottland (APN 6 01)
The Spätlese has plum fruit, good acidity and is rather sweet (only
7.5% alcohol).
92 / A
2000 Wegeler Riesling Auslese Geisenheimer Rothenberg
(APN 7 01)
The Auslese, in contrast, does not give the impression of being terribly
sweet, but has concentration and lovely, layered plum fruit. Not much
botrytis apparent here.
94 / A
Robert Weil (Rheingau region)
2000 Robert Weil Riesling trocken
86 / B+
2000 Robert Weil Riesling Kabinett halbtrocken
(APN 20 01)
The Riesling Kabinett halbtrocken has a lovely mineral attack in the
mouth with long lime flavors, almost suggesting a Mosel, or at least
a Nahe, wine.
88 / A
2000 Robert Weil Riesling
(APN 22 01)
The Riesling similarly has minerality. It is ripe and relatively dry,
do doubt because of the balancing acidity.
88 / A
Gunderloch (Rheinhessen region)
Special kodos to the Hasselbachs for having the wisdom and courage ot
opt out of the ridiculous First Growth program. The wines are what they
are, and fruity-style Spätlese, not dry Spätlese, is Gunderloch´s
specialty (not that the dry wines cannot be outstanding, especially
the Auslese***).
As usual, Gunderloch´s 2000s are of very high quality.
2000 Gunderloch Riesling trocken (APN 11
01)
Give Gunderloch´s Riesling trocken a few years to soften and then
compare it with an Alsatian Riesling. I think you will be surprised.
This wine does not lack for power and concentration, but at 11% alcohol
is not overdone. It has lovely lime blossom aromas, and earthy lime
flavors with excellent attack from the acidity.
88 / A
2000 Gunderloch Riesling trocken (APN 31
01)
I found a second lot of dry Riesling round and nervy with lovely peach
fruit.
89 / A
2000 Gunderloch "Jean Baptiste" Riesling
Kabinett (APN 15 01)
This first lot of Jean Baptiste was juicy and broad with pear and peach
nectar fruit.
91 / A
2000 Gunderloch "Jean Baptiste"
Riesling Kabinett (APN 25 01)
A second lot of Jean Baptiste has attractive liveliness from the acidity
and the promise of apricot and peach fruit with further aging, but the
wine is a little light and insubstantial comared to others that I have
had through the years.
87 / B
2000 Gunderloch Riesling Spätlese Nackenheimer
Rothenberg (APN 12 01)
The Nackenheimer Spätlese shows lovely spiced pear fruit. Perhaps
not as dense as in some years, but the balance is impeccable, making
the wine a sheer delight.
93 / A
2000 Gunderloch Riesling Auslese Nackenheimer Rothenberg
(APN 13 01)
The Auslese is lovely for the pear aromas and flavors and the great
length. Let this wine age for a few years.
93 / A-
2000 Gunderloch Riesling Auslese Nackenheimer Rothenberg
(APN 17 01)
A second lot of the Auslese showed pear aromas with pure green apple
flavors, some delicacy, and medium sweetness.
92 / B+
von Buhl (Pfalz region)
Director Peter Sorg characterized the vintage as extremely difficult.
There isn´t much wine here, but it is creditable.
2000 von Buhl Riesling halbtrocken (APN 12
01)
The Riesling halbtrocken is a delicious wine for current consumption
with mineral and lime aromas and flavors, but also the richness of Pfalz
wines.
89 / A
2000 von Buhl Riesling "Armand" Riesling
Kabinett (APN 24 01)
The Armand Kabinett is rich, round, and lemony, but to my taste, lacks
just a touch of nervosity.
87 / B
Pfeffingen (Pfalz region)
In contrast to some of her neighbors just a little down the road, Doris
Eymael had a less difficult vintage, and in fact turned out some Scheurebes
that are nothing short of stunning.
2000 Pfeffingen Riesling trocken (APN 7 01)
The Riesing trocken has spicy aromas, and in the mouth shows fine balance
with no harshness and a mineraliy to the fruit. I´d drink this
over the next 2-4 years.
88 / A
2000 Pfeffingen Riesling Spätlese trocken
Ungsteiner Herrenberg
85 / C-
2000 Pfeffingen Riesling Spätlese trocken
Ungsteiner Weilberg (APN 12 01)
86 / C
2000 Pfeffingen "Pfeffo" Kabinett halbtrocken
Ungsteiner Honigsäckel (APN 04 01)
The Pfeffo is steely, austere, and nervy. A fine food wine for the next
4-5 years.
89 / A-
2000 Pfeffingen Riesling Spätlese (Ungsteiner
Herrenberg) (APN 8 01)
The Spätlese shows some spice aromas and flavors, firmness, and
also some delicacy. I would opt for drinking this wine over the next
5-6 years.
90(+) / A
2000 Pfeffingen Scheurebe Spätlese (Ungsteiner
Herrenberg) (APN 9 01)
The Scheurebe is marvelous, with peach fruit, roses, depth, firmness,
and sweetness. If you need to be convinced about Scheurebe, this is
a wine to look for. Drink it over the next 10 years, at least.
93 / A
2000 Pfeffingen Gewürztraminer Spätlese
(Ungsteiner Herrenberg) (APN 10 01)
The Gewürztraminer Spätlese is a beautifully-crafted wine
with restraint to the floral, spiced fruit. There is a 5% residual sugar
here, and although the wine tastes slightly sweet, there is enough acidity
to make this wine a lovely companion at the table to a range of foods,
from pork to game.
92 / A
2000 Pfeffingen Scheurebe Auslese Gold Capsule
(Ungsteiner Herrenberg) (APN 20 01)
The Gold Cap Auslese is sweet, but with fine supporting acidity and
lovely peach fruit. Give this 5-7 years to deepen in the bottle and
you should have an impressive wine.
94 / A
2000 Pfeffingen Rieslaner Beerenauslese (Ungsteiner
Honigsäckel) (APN 19 01)
The BA is sweet, clean, and racy, showing little bortytis.
93 / B+
2000 Pfeffingen Scheurebe Beerenauslese (Ungsteiner
Herrenberg) (APN 21 01)
The only sample I had to taste of this was very slightly corked. The
wine is quite sweeter than the Rieslaner BA with grapefruit flavors,
no great heaviness on the palate, lots of acidity, but little or no
botrytis evident.
93 / B+
Rudolf Fürst (Franken region)
Supposedly, Fürst´s wines at Volkach are even better, but
this is a very successful lineup from Bürgstadt, where unlike Volkach,
the sour rot was quite prevalent.
2000 Fürst Müller-Thurgau Kabinett trocken
Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg (APN 1 01)
Fürst´s Müller-Thurgau Kabinett trocken undoubtedly
is the finest wine I have ever tasted from this grape. It featured flowery
aromas, intense, deep apple flavors and fine bite. Drink it over the
next few years.
90(?) / A
2000 Fürst Silvaner Kabinett trocken Bürgstadter
Centgrafenberg (APN 10 01)
The wine shows mushroom, earth, spice,m and meaty aromas.
88 / A
2000 Fürst Riesling Kabinett trocken Bürgstadter
Centgrafenberg (APN 7 01)
This wine is chewy, with some minerality.
88 / A
2000 Fürst Riesling Kabinett trocken Bürgstadter
Centgrafenberg (APN 28 01)
The wine had excellent bite, concentration and depth and young, flowery
Riesling fruit. Drink over the next 5-8 years.
92 / A
Hans Wirsching (Franken region)
2000 Wirsching Rivaner trocken (APN 10 01)
Rivaner isanother relatively new marketing ploy by the clueless German
authorities, and up to this Rivaner trocken, I´d never come across
one of any interest. The wine is bone dry and firm on the palate with
fine attack and powerful mineral and orange peel aromas and flavors.
A great aperitif or wine for food such as pate and cheeses.
87 / A
2000 Wirsching Silvaner trocken Iphöfer Kronsberg
(APN 14 01)
The wine shows white peach and tropical fruit, a creamy texture, and
earthy each flavors on the finish.
87 / A
2000 Wirsching Müller-Thurgau Kabinett trocken
Iphöfer Kronsberg
85 / B
2000 Wirsching Silvaner Kabinett trocken Iphöfer
Kronsberg (APN 5 01)
The wine has aromatic baked apple aromas. ON the palate, the wine is
packed with deep fruit and moderate bite. I´d drink it over the
next 3-5 years.
88 / A-
2000 Wirsching Silvaner Kabinett trocken Iphöfer
Julius Echter Berg (APN 37 01)
The wine is round with grip to its pear fruit, but still rather reserved.
Give the wine a little more time.
89 / A
2000 Wirsching Silvaner Spätlese trocken Iphöfer
Kronsberg (APN 25 01)
The wine has very ripe peach fruit and a creamy texture. Sme will like
this, but I prefer the more mineral style of Silvaner with more grip.
87 / B
2000 Wirsching Silvaner Spätlese trocken Iphöfer
Julius Echter Berg (APN 28 01)
This lot is firm and elegant with earthy aromas and flavors. A very
fine Silvaner.
89 / B+
2000 Wirsching Silvaner Spätlese trocken Iphöfer
Julius Echter Berg (APN 25 01)
The second lot is a sensational wine: very floral, with bite and depth,
and a round, smooth body. Again, drink over the next 3-5 years.
92 / A
2000 Wirsching Scheurebe Spätlese trocken
Iphöfer Kronsberg (APN 31 01)
This wine has apricot aromas and deep apricot flavors with a chewy texture.
In contrast to the foregoing, give this wine a few years to develop.
Despite the 14% alcohol, this wine is balanced, and thus powerful but
not hot.
93 / A
2000 Wirsching Riesling Spätlese Iphöfer
Kronsberg (APN 36 01)
This is not a dry wine, but the sweetness is barely perceptible here,
the sugar functioning mostly to give the wine roundness. There is a
pretty golden apple fruit here with moderate acidity. It is a good wine
for food and probably should improve for the next several years.
88 / B
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