Keller, Monsheimer Silberberg Rieslaner Auslese, Rheinhessen

Dream wines (@Private location, Nürtingen) : Glass: Zalto/Sophienwald Bordeaux Decanted for about 15-30 minutes. Clear, deep golden color. Complex and multi-layered nose with lots of exotic fruit, floral notes, honey, fine herbs. Definitively an improvement over my last bottle. Was it the time or the decant? Don't know, but know it has unfolded and is super complex, deep and clean. Not much botrytis, more dried fruit. Beautiful balance of sweetness and acidity. Very, very long and complex. Might be even …

Glass: Zalto Universal Popped and poured, drunk over multiple days. Clear, medium golden color. Clean, medium intense, developing nose. Botrytis driven, honey, spices, nice fruit. Sweet, nicely balanced with the racy, ripe acidity, only 8% abv. Very juicy, honey, spicy, creamy, good balance, nice tension, long, fruity finish. Very good, but does not excite me. Potential for at least another decade. 91-92

Schätzchen aus der KK - Süss - lecker - Honig - wie Kuchen. Gut - aber nicht grenzgenial. Für mich hätte es mehr Spiel, mehr Eleganz und insbesondere mehr Säure bedurft, um mich für den Wein zu gewinnen.

Online Blind Tasting #8: 2011 Riesling Horizontal : Note is based on a tasting sip in the morning on day one, ~3cl on the evening and 0,1l filled in a bottle on the evening of day three. Glass: Zalto Universal Clear, deep golden color with some slight amber hues. Clean, medium+/pronounced, youthful nose. Lots of ripe exotic fruit, floral notes, lots of botrytis (spices, honey), very concentrated, but not overly complex or deep. Sweet, almost luscious. It certainly has a …

Not much more to add to my note from 2017, except that it has lost a bit of its complexity. Still very young and enjoyable. No need to hurry here. 90-91. Very good PQR

Dekantert. Drukket over 3 dager. Best siste dag. Detaljert nese med kandisert sitron, ananas, pasjonsfrukt og epler. Rik og kremet med moden frukt, harmonisk balansert av syren. Søt og lang utgang. Selv med auslese sødme er dette svært drikkevennlig. Intenst og lekent, passer perfekt til desserter laget på norske epler.

Light gold, beautifully precise, tropical, dense but poised. Ripe pineapple. Very elegant.

No formal notes taken. Very nice, good acidity, still too Young, Needs 10+ years of developing.

Glass: Riedel Vinum Riesling Drunk over 3 days. Clear, pale golden color. Clean, medium+ intense developing nose with lots of passion fruit, ripe apricots, honey and some hints of nail polish remover (VA). The medium+ acidity buffers the sweetness quite well. Low alcohol (7,5% abv), but a creamy, medium body and pronounced flavors of exotic fruit juice, that lingers in the mouth for minutes in the long finish. Very nice! Maybe I do this wine wrong, but the only thing …

Keller 2011 : Klar, mildt gyllen gul . Elegant, søtlig nese med mildt tropisk preg. Fyldig, fokusert frukt med intens sødme og preg av moden gulfrukt. Silkemyk struktur. Avdempet syre. Flott lengde.

Fikk 5t med luft i flaske før konsum. Flott nese med moden frukt og noe mineraler. Savner syren fra 2010-utgaven! Dette blir ikke så komplekst som den. Grei nok men ... vi får se hvordan den oppfører seg på dag 2. Puh, mye bedre på dag 2, alt den trengte var luft! Men uansett er 2010 bedre, i alle fall i min gane som er glad i syre.

Moden ananas, gule epler, te, noe mineraler. Frisk syre og fin fylde. Balansert og lang. Ikke så veldig kompleks, men veldig god. 91p.