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Thor Iverson
Dnnhoff 2008 Niederhuser Hermannshhle Riesling Trocken GG 25 09 (Nahe) Petroleum to start. Rinds, rocks, and rectangular reds in both form and aroma. Turns ever more rusty as it finishes (and this takes a while). Striking. (5/10)

Dnnhoff 2001 Niederhuser Hermannshhle Riesling Sptlese 008 02 (Nahe) A misty memory of dust. Peachy-creamy and supple. Is it better than it was in its youth? I dont know if I accept the utility of that word here. I liked it young. I like it differently now. (5/10)

Lietz 2002 Rdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Auslese 005 03 (Rheingau) 500 ml. Alcohol, gasoline, and burnt apple. Burnt bark. Burnt iron. Did someone light a fire in here, or are we just having a sale on sulfur? And is that grey rot? Stewed garbage finishes it off. Weird, and in no possible universe can this be called good, or even drinkable. Hopefully, its just the bottle or a stage, becauseugh. (5/10)

JJ Prm 1999 Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Sptlese 17 00 (Mosel-Saar-Ruwer) Lightly sulfured. For Prm. Very light petroleum aromas in the process of being supplanted (or is it the other way around? maybe) with Pink Lady apples andare those peaches? Peach nectar, more like. Still kinda clunky at this stage. Ah, the wait for Prm (5/10)

St. Urbans-Hof 2007 Leiwener Laurentiuslay Riesling Sptlese 028 08 (Mosel) SULFUR! SULFUR!! SULFUR!!! This wine, Keith Richards-like, is apparently designed to live forever. Is there anything else? Yes: buried deep, deep within are tropical fruit (pineapple-dominated) and a very rough, vaguely quartz-like finish. But this much sulfur could make your average JJ Prm point and laugh. (5/10)
 
I opened anoter bottle of that Leitz, from a different source. It was equally bad, or perhaps even a bit worse. That was really shocking from a Leitz wine, and just one more nail in the coffin of 2002 Rheingau botrytis wines for me. There was gray rot, and some of it got into the finished wines (same experience at von Simmern for example).

The Hermannshohle Spatlese has definitely changed, and at least for my taste remained equally good if different from its boisterous yet elegant youth. What puzzles me is that my spouse (whose tolerance for even slightly older wines is sadly limited) prefers the aged version. Every day is a surprise.

A few weeks ago I was able oto try the 2001 St. Urbans Hof Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Kabinett. The sulfur was so overpowering that it was impossible to enjoy the wine. I think Nik Weis is overdoing it just a wee bit.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Ah the difficult life of a sulfur salesman. Excuse me, can I interest you in some brimstone?
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Hell, yeah, as long as the price isn't too... demanding.

Mark Lipton
 
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