2010 Kunstler Stielweg Old Vines

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
I've loved this since my first experience with the 2005 but was a little leery of a trocken bottling in 2010. With good reason as this was a wine that (don't kill me Lyle) might actually have benefited from some deacidification. Enamel stripping acidity accompanies amazing concentration and nice complexity.
 
We opened a 99' Stielweg last friday that was showing quite nicely. Dense and incredibly concentrated minerality but definitely open for business.
 
07 was great last week. Did have the typical intensity, but unlike other 2007s also lively and fresh acidity. Was in a nice place, but has years ahead.
For the 20$ it cost in Germany a really great value.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:

But I don't remember any of the other '05 and later vintages having this high a level of acidity.
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I've found a lot of 2010s really high in acid across the board - some nice sweet wines and a few really interesting Auslese, but for the most part the dry styled wines have been too severe for my tastes.

Sounds like the '07 is quite nice now. I'll bring one to GS in a couple of weeks.
 
2010 in general is freakishly high in acidity and also very high in the proportion of malic to tartaric (3:1 vs. usual 1:1), but the wines are in balance and will drink well in their style. They also have extremely high dry extracts and that will allow them to support the acidity.

As for those that de-acidified, some did it competently, others not. (AFAIK, Künstler did not de-acidify in 2010.)
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:

As for those that de-acidified, some did it competently, others not. (AFAIK, Künstler did not de-acidify in 2010.)
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It certainly didn't taste as though they de-acidified :). I usually love them on release with an hour or so of air but not this time. Looking forward to trying the 2011.
 
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