KERPEN GRAACHER DOMPROBST RIESLING AUSLESE* 2010

Item:359661
Size:750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:2010 VINTAGES
Release Date:2013-11-23
Producer:Weinhaus Martin Kerpen
Location:Germany - Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Price: $27.75
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Style:White Wine
Aromatic & Flavourful
Alcohol:11.0%
Varietal:Riesling Auslese
Sugar Code:M (111.0 g/L)
Rating:93
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Tasting Notes
A 'one-star' Kerpen 2010 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese* irresistibly and intriguingly mingles succulent pear, apple, and grapefruit with savory nut oils, browned butter, vanilla, and saliva-inducing salinity. Suggestions of musk and sweat add an intriguing and by no means unpleasant animal aspect as this opens to the air. Palpably dense though firm in feel, the degree to which fresh lemon informs this wine's intense, complex finish certainly puts one on notice that the acidity is high, 12.5 grams in fact. But the must harbored an absurdly, almost inconceivably high 19 grams (half that is high, for heaven's sake!); was de-acidified; and then the wine further de-acidified. I'm not placing huge bets on whether this sails past its second decade, but the saliva- and hormone-pumping performance of this band of Riesling, botrytis, and slate has to be experienced to be believed. (And if it does prove a really long distance achiever it will disprove received opinion on the subject of
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