J J Prum Bern Bad Spatlese Riesling '07 bones

Peter Creasey

Peter Creasey

Peter Creasey
I had a leftover bottle of the Jos Joh Bernkasteler Badstubes Spatlese Riesling '07 (full bottle with cork half way out for 24 hours) and it seems to be hale and hardy.

I saw where a certain (unnamed) pundit says it should cellar well for many years (perhaps he said 25?).

Any thoughts here as to this bottling's longevity?

Thanks!

. . . . . Pete

P.S. It went surprisingly well with broiled lamb chop cut up over a big tossed green salad with ranch dressing and then chocolate/cocoanut cookie.
 
originally posted by Peter Creasey:

P.S. It went surprisingly well with broiled lamb chop cut up over a big tossed green salad with ranch dressing and then chocolate/cocoanut cookie.
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You're just toying with winegrrl, aren't you?
 
Joe,

1) Key word "surprisingly"

2) Don't know anything about "winegrrl"

3) How long lived do you think this wine is?

. . . . . . . Pete
 
Good German Rieslings have a reputation for aging very well, and MSR Spaetleses are prime examples, in part because of their characteristic sugar-acid balance. J J Prum has one of the best long-term reputations in the Mosel region. If you're thinking of buying some wine to cellar, having now tried and liked this one, you shouldn't go wrong (assuming proper shipping, storage, etc.).

As with all good vin de garde, of course, the flavors will develop and change.

My two cents' - more authoritative opinions are available.
 
Had '07 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese last week. I can easily see that going 25 years. With BB, my rule of thumb is to divide by 2, but that does mean it won't continue to drink well past that point.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman: why did they make a nice savory salad but then throw cookie on it?
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Jeff,

My use of "then" was intended to mean the cookie came later. At the end, the cookie just wouldn't escape my attention.

As I said, I was happy with what transpired albeit not totally in keeping with the sane diet I was intending.

The rest of the Riesling tonight before having shrimp quesadillas with an appropriate (non-Riesling) wine (and, yes, with wine, not beer).

. . . . . Pete
 
Interesting comments up-thread about aging Spatlese Rieslings.

I'm not so knowledgeable about Rieslings. While I don't doubt what is being said here and elsewhere about their good ageability, it does seem hard to believe they will stand the test of so many years in such a good way.

Is there a particular trick to picking Rieslings and predicting with some degree of reliability their ageability? Or is it all mostly having to do with the particular producer and balance?

. . . . . Pete
 
Pete, the ability of good german riesling (and there's tons that fit into that category) to age successfully for many years is quite well-known. Prum more so than many of them. I'm still sitting on some 1990 spatlesen - ready to go, mind you, but no rush.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Good German Rieslings have a reputation for aging very well, and MSR Spaetleses are prime examples, in part because of their characteristic sugar-acid balance.
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not to mention the superior body armour, which is able repel most conventional anti-tank devices.

um. i mean sulphur.

fb.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons: German wines haven't been much of a secret for a while now.
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Ian, Definitely true!

I've just recently begun to pay more attention to pigmentally challenged wines. It's unfortunate that I couldn't do this moreso before now.

I've got a ways to go with Rieslings.

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Considerable breeze in here, don't you think?
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really? we can't even agree on when to drink Nahe

and I don't mean at what time of day
 
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