2001 Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatese

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Lyle Fass

Lyle Fass
I love '01 in the Middle Mosel. The perfect vintage for my palate. If I had to pick the perfect type of acidity in German wine, I would use the acidity in the '01 Middle Mosel wines. Electric is the one word that kept popping out of my mouth last night. The 2001 Reinhold Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese which was just epic, to channel my inner frat boy. Besides the textbook acidity that was lively, flavorful, electric, long, clingy, crunchy and warm all at the same time, the wine pretty much changed constantly throughout the night. More importantly each iteration was a great improvement from before. Even though before was as good as I thought it was going to get. Ultimately the final iteration before it was gone showed the classic Goldtropfchen profile of opulence balanced with slatey minerality. Another interesting quality developed after some serious aeration. The wine turned holographic on us. At the end of the finish were these tiny burst of acid bubbles that had the overall flavor of the wine in these little spurts of acid-liquid that resonated on the finish. Remarkable. I took a sip to clear my glass at one point and there must of been the tiniest splash in there and the flavor was just explosive from that tiny bit. Holographic wine. The quality of this wine was off the charts. I bought it for $26.99 at the old Astor Wines & Spirits.

The next one I think I'l drink in 3 years and then in a couple years start digging into the Auslese. This was at the perfect age for me. There was a smokiness that indicated some secondary development plus the fruit seemed developed and had complexity not there in its youth, but it still had that youthful vibrancy and energy. It also was a classic Spatlese. Not too sweet. Just perfect.
 
Still young, then. I like the wines when they've turned all creamy. I think you'll like the 2008s as well.
 
I love '01 in the Middle Mosel. The perfect vintage for my palate. If I had to pick the perfect type of acidity in German wine, I would use the acidity in the '01 Middle Mosel wines. Electric is the one word that kept popping out of my mouth last night..
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I am also a big fan of the 2001 acids. I always used to think of them as a 'regal carriage' in my TNs from the years after release because they were so firm and elegant. I should probably get around to drinking more 2008s but time flies.
 
this is so interesting - I've not touched my 01s for a couple of years now, after finding most of them still too buffered to dance on the palate. Maybe it's just the ones I own. But I don't own any 01 Haart. On the other hand, a bottle of 02 PG Kab I had lost in the cellar was stellar.
 
Yixin,

I think in three to four years this wine will be in your sweet spot.

Ian,

Holographic was the only word that could describe it. It actually was the perfect description.

Sasha,

Haart killed it in '01 and Piesporter Goldie also killed it in '01. For young drinkers I was loving me some Reuscher-Haart PG Spatlese, which was gone 4 years ago. And to validate your statement a Prum '01 GH Spatlese was dumb as dumb can be last night. But a '01 Prum GH Spatlese 3 months ago was yodeling like its never yodeled before. I think it is a good time to be drinking minor '01's up to Spatlese. Meulenhof, Kerpen, Selbach-Oster, Richter, Haart Kabinetten (although he is not minor), etc. But the more serious estates like Haag, Prum, Schaefer, Von Schubert, etc still need around five years, although I would be drinking Kabinett from all these guys if I had any left.

I've got plenty of Haart from '01 so if need be, we can drink some.
 
Lyle, I suspect 3 to 4 decades, more as a statement about my palate than the wine.

The Saar wines are still a bit zingy, but both Ruwer estates are fine (and this is one vintage where I preferred Tyrell's wines). And I know he gets little hipster love but Loosen's 2001s are pretty good, especially the auction UW spat. My wine of the vintage for early drinking was the Muller aka Le Gallais Braune Kupp kab.

But I am holding off on all the 2001s I have, save the Busch, until 2020 or so.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
I've not touched my 01s for a couple of years now, after finding most of them still too buffered to dance on the palate. Maybe it's just the ones I own.
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I'll tell Tom to put a space heater in the locker so you can catch up to Lyle...

No need to thank me.
 
originally posted by Lyle Fass:
2001 Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen SpateseI love '01 in the Middle Mosel. The perfect vintage for my palate. If I had to pick the perfect type of acidity in German wine, I would use the acidity in the '01 Middle Mosel wines. Electric is the one word that kept popping out of my mouth last night. The 2001 Reinhold Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese which was just epic, to channel my inner frat boy. Besides the textbook acidity that was lively, flavorful, electric, long, clingy, crunchy and warm all at the same time, the wine pretty much changed constantly throughout the night. More importantly each iteration was a great improvement from before. Even though before was as good as I thought it was going to get. Ultimately the final iteration before it was gone showed the classic Goldtropfchen profile of opulence balanced with slatey minerality. Another interesting quality developed after some serious aeration. The wine turned holographic on us. At the end of the finish were these tiny burst of acid bubbles that had the overall flavor of the wine in these little spurts of acid-liquid that resonated on the finish. Remarkable. I took a sip to clear my glass at one point and there must of been the tiniest splash in there and the flavor was just explosive from that tiny bit. Holographic wine. The quality of this wine was off the charts. I bought it for $26.99 at the old Astor Wines & Spirits.
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Like I said (albeit much more succinctly) - yumola.
 
originally posted by maureen:
originally posted by Lyle Fass:
2001 Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen SpateseI love '01 in the Middle Mosel. The perfect vintage for my palate. If I had to pick the perfect type of acidity in German wine, I would use the acidity in the '01 Middle Mosel wines. Electric is the one word that kept popping out of my mouth last night. The 2001 Reinhold Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen Spatlese which was just epic, to channel my inner frat boy. Besides the textbook acidity that was lively, flavorful, electric, long, clingy, crunchy and warm all at the same time, the wine pretty much changed constantly throughout the night. More importantly each iteration was a great improvement from before. Even though before was as good as I thought it was going to get. Ultimately the final iteration before it was gone showed the classic Goldtropfchen profile of opulence balanced with slatey minerality. Another interesting quality developed after some serious aeration. The wine turned holographic on us. At the end of the finish were these tiny burst of acid bubbles that had the overall flavor of the wine in these little spurts of acid-liquid that resonated on the finish. Remarkable. I took a sip to clear my glass at one point and there must of been the tiniest splash in there and the flavor was just explosive from that tiny bit. Holographic wine. The quality of this wine was off the charts. I bought it for $26.99 at the old Astor Wines & Spirits.
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Like I said (albeit much more succinctly) - yumola.
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I am a blowhard.
 
originally posted by Yixin:
Lyle, I suspect 3 to 4 decades, more as a statement about my palate than the wine.

The Saar wines are still a bit zingy, but both Ruwer estates are fine (and this is one vintage where I preferred Tyrell's wines). And I know he gets little hipster love but Loosen's 2001s are pretty good, especially the auction UW spat. My wine of the vintage for early drinking was the Muller aka Le Gallais Braune Kupp kab.

But I am holding off on all the 2001s I have, save the Busch, until 2020 or so.
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Loosen wines always taste blocky. Good fruit, but never harmonious for me. I never tasted the 2001's. I am holding off on my '01 Karthauserhof's as they seem to really need time. Just Auslese, Spatlese ans some Auction Spatlese. No higher Auslesen from '01. I ordered #52 Auslese but it never came.
 
well, I'm no hipster but I love Loosen's 01s - went through a bunch of the ET spatlese and really love the UW auction spatlesen (also the gka - much less sweet than you'd expect and beautiful texture).
 
We opened an 01 Karthaeuserhof SL the other day. With reasonable air time, it drank nicely and seemed mature. This year is not the great vintage in the Saar that it was in the middle Mosel, I believe, and you may want to try one of these sooner rather than later.
 
While I am no fan of Loosen, the 2001s are much more interesting to me than most nay vintage Ernie has put out before or since (though some 2007s are quite nice). I can heartily agree with Maureen on the UW Auction Spatlese, and the Erdener Pralat Auslese GK is wonderful wine.

I'm no fan otherwise, and the growing stylistic similarity between Loosen and Vollenweider is why I no longer buy the latter's wines.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker: the growing stylistic similarity between Loosen and Vollenweider is why I no longer buy the latter's wines.
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Even if you don't buy, did you taste any of Daniel's 08s? Did they not please you? (Although perhaps the way things are going the vintage character of 08 was an aberration).
 
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