Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
I wouldn't trade very many of my spatleses for 30-year-old versions of the same. If anyone is really planning on waiting 30 years to crack theirs, well, good luck with that!
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2002 Dönnhoff Spȁtlese
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originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
I wouldn't trade very many of my spatleses for 30-year-old versions of the same.
i wouldn't trade your spaetleses for anything.
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originally posted by .sasha:
I still want to know who broke into my cellar and wrote "does not age" on one of the Donnhoff boxes. I have a vague idea who it was though... a guest of SFJoe's perhaps? :-)
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1982 Le Gallais is very nice now, I haven't had the Müller wines in a while. Both von Schubert and the Tyrell family made very nice wines in that vintage. Downriver: 1983 Prüms, well, duh. Rheinhold Haart, too. Not sure when to broach my Joh. Jos. Christoffel. And so on.
A well-made Spätlese, fortified with plenty of sugar and sulfur, will almost definitely reach the creamy stage of Riesling development after a few decades. Higher alcohol Rieslings get a touch too phenolic before then (but see 1979 CFE VT for a nice counter-example), and the really sweet ones just have too much sugar. So Spätlese and little Auslesen are your best bet.
A well-made Spätlese, fortified with plenty of sugar and sulfur, will almost definitely reach the creamy stage of Riesling development after a few decades. Higher alcohol Rieslings get a touch too phenolic before then (but see 1979 CFE VT for a nice counter-example), and the really sweet ones just have too much sugar. So Spätlese and little Auslesen are your best bet.
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Apparently my feeble attempt at satire in "What did you drink tonight" thread went unnoticed.