Having my first old dry Riesling today. A 2002 Sybille kuntz wehlen sonnenuhr spätlese trocken from the mosel valley, 13% alcohol.
started out with saffron and yellow fruit.
Changing to honey, flowers, and slightly tropical with some petroleum and a fresh stoney/mineral finish.
oily and concentrated with rounded acidity.
tastes of honey, flowers, mango and melon. Light, fresh and elegant with powerful flavours. a long citrus finish ending with minerals.
The wine has grown on me over the hours spent tasting it. For 75$ it was worth the money spent to taste it.
the petroleum character is barely noticeable if it even is there? i know older Rieslings should get a noticeable petroleum character but is it because it's from the mosel less ripe grapes or is it because it's not a gewächs? or is age still a factor? this one feels less plausible.
by ante300
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Producers like Keller, Julian Haart, Egon Muller, Falkenstein, Markus Molitor, Max Kilburg, basically the top ones, make wine that minimizes or even eliminates the petrol (TDN) in their wines. I consider it to be a flaw to be controlled.
I also consider brett and VA to be flaws but a little bit can definitely make the wine more interesting so just because it’s a flaw doesn’t mean it’s bad.