Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
89
/100
Reviews
16
professional
Vintages
1
1997
Dessert
89/100
Riesling
NV
Community Reviews
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94
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Taster #9601
· Jul 8, 2021
94/100
Amazing and a treat to drink. After an hour or so open the nose exploded with tropical fruits. Passion fruit, candied pineapple. The same on the palate with tarragon and née plastic which was a positive and not a negative. Very intellectual. Lots of new flavors unfolding. We sat around sniffing and sipping and calling out new flavors. And as others have noted a very very light straw color. Superb. Glad I have one more.
1997 vintage
Taster #5278
· May 21, 2020
Opened for CT Riesling Virtual Tasting Petrol, pineapple, mineral and unctuous lemony notes on the nose, with fruit and minerality carrying through to the palate. Gorgeous, clear straw color in the glass. Nice acidity balances the sweetness. Definitely better with food to balance the residual sugar here, but quite nice on its own.
1997 vintage
Taster #5278
· Nov 26, 2017
PnP. Petrol and pineapple on the nose, the palate carries those through, but adds guava, car wax and stone fruit. Acidity helps this along and makes it a nice pairing to mildly spicy Indian fish curry.
1997 vintage
Taster #4184
· Jul 18, 2016
88/100
The third bottle proved to be the charm. A nice wine, that still needs some time to open. Nothing spectacular, but certainly enjoyable. 88-89.
1997 vintage
Taster #2070
· Jun 8, 2016
19yrs old and gliding very nicely with bruised apples, citrus, slight petrol, honey, some wool and wax, a bit of jalapeno, some funk and still nice back end acids. Drank over a week and held strong.
1997 vintage
Taster #4184
· May 3, 2016
Another whiff with these bottles; air had gotten in. It smelled ok but tasted like apple cider vinegar and sweet Madeira.
1997 vintage
Taster #4184
· Apr 2, 2016
TCA. :-(
1997 vintage
Taster #7560
· Jan 23, 2016
87/100
enticing classi diesel nose that I love. Limp on the palate with no trace of acidity. Low alcohol (8%) and has enough traces of introgue and quality to make it enjoyable as appero. We appreciated with some fois gras and it was good pairing. Bottles this old always offer some magic and this is no excpetion-- hence the +
1997 vintage
Taster #2428
· Jul 1, 2015
89/100
Nice rich fruit with apricot and pear notes and medium finish.
1997 vintage
Taster #8092
· Oct 2, 2014
92/100
Very nice! The nose showed talc, diesel, minerals, and many other elements. This was a wonderful, classic German Riesling nose. The palate was thick and lush with nice depth, sweet, tropical fruit, powdered sugar, and lemon bars. Nice and complex, yet it still stayed up front in the mouth. Balanced finish, enough acid to leave you wanting another sip. Excellent wine, and drinking much younger than expected.
1997 vintage
Taster #5837
· Apr 28, 2014
86/100
Night 1 - PnP. As with prior bottle, cork was moldy at the top, but no impact on the wine. Muted nose. Very sweet/syrupy with hints of tropical fruit on the palate. Very full mouth feel with little acid and short finish. Can't say I enjoyed this very much and thought wine was better last year. Night 2 after storing in fridge - Much better as the syrupy sweetness substantially dissipated resulting in a much more interesting wine. Night 3 …
1997 vintage
Taster #8058
· Nov 30, 2013
87/100
Not much on the nose for this guy, some musky oak, but that's about it. - Very sweet, fruit forward wine. Lots of tree fruit, heavy on the apple. Had a bit of a sweet/syrupy aftertaste that I didn't necessarily dig. Didn't ruin it for me, I just prefer my Riesling's more on the dry side.
1997 vintage
Taster #5837
· Aug 5, 2013
87/100
PnP. Was concerned initially as cork was in bad shape - moldy and crumbly at the top. Fortunately, no impact on the wine. Nothing on the nose. Pretty sweet with hints of petrol and tropical fruit on the palate. Nice mouth feel, although little acid, with short/medium finish. Better with food than without.
1997 vintage
Taster #1381
· Jun 26, 2013
91/100
Back to a really nice bottle...pretty much mimics my note from 1/18 on this. Green apple, apricot, hint of lemon maybe this time, and the petrol is again more in the background.
1997 vintage
Taster #1381
· May 10, 2013
Bottle 3 of 6 from Full Pull. Bad bottle. The cork on this was soaked through with a nice ring of mold around the top where the cork met the bottle. Looked like there was some growth throughout the cork. Somewhat drinkable, but everything I remember from the last bottle is totally muted...I'd call this one a dead bottle.
1997 vintage
Taster #9264
· May 1, 2013
88/100
Originally had with thai food, which should be a good match. However, found it a little too sweet. Mild petrol, with apple, pineapple and tropical fruits. Nice creamy fruit, but not enough acid to balance it out. Got better over the next few days. Enjoyed the bottle, but wasn't blown away. Will drink my other bottles, but enjoy other rieslings better for the money.
1997 vintage
Taster #1381
· Jan 18, 2013
91/100
Wine Night 1/18/13 : Posted this in the CT forums, so will just use for my TN here :) I like this bottle of '97 better than the one I had at Thanksgiving...this one seems more full and rich, and I get really nicely developed fruit, green apple, apricot, mango, and I swear a hint of chamomile mint tea, with the petrol in a supporting role...I remember the previous bottle as petrol dominant. I did jump this up a couple …
1997 vintage
Taster #2017
· Jan 9, 2013
This bottle was much better than the last. Less serious petrol, but what was there was pleasant. Fruit of apples and white peaches, white florals mixed as the petrol lifted and the residual sugar had blended nicely with the mineral and tangerine acidity. Great bottle!
1997 vintage
Taster #3223
· Dec 30, 2012
The nose shows nice petrol notes with full aromas of baked apple and tropical fruits. There's a creamy mouthfeel and great sweetness, but lacking a bit in acidity. Still an enjoyable bottle.
1997 vintage
Taster #2017
· Dec 21, 2012
Major loads of petrol, giving way to pitted fruit, pineapple and red apples. The Residual sugar blended well with the acidity. I wasn't happy that the cork receded so much as the bottle was slow cooled in the cellar. Not a great aging sign.
1997 vintage
Taster #1381
· Nov 23, 2012
89/100
Very nice, we enjoyed this quite a bit. Just popped and poured from the bottle. Bright granny smith apples and hints of apricot jam, along with that nice petrol/oily note that Riesling develops. I know not everyone is a fan of that though... Simple and straightforward, was great with turkey, and I was thinking it would be awesome with pork as well. Seems to be drinking well now, and has plenty of life left to it.
1997 vintage
Taster #3219
· Jan 7, 2012
93/100
exquisite with lobster dinner on 2011 new year's eve into 2012
1997 vintage
Taster #2826
· Aug 5, 2011
92/100
Really matured into something supremely classy. Wish I had lobster laying around. No rough edges, everything totally cohesive, totally whole, complex but all the flavors are one (zen wine?)
1997 vintage
Taster #4929
· Apr 15, 2011
91/100
Impromptu tasting of C.H. Berres' Urziger Wurzgarten Rieslings (Beautiful Wines, The Plaza) : I really liked this. The nose wad not the strongest point on the wine unfortunately. It would probably be best described as "challenging". Full of diesel, some pungent jackfruit notes, some orange tangerine, but beyond that, it was just hard to get past the fumey diesel scents. It was on the palate that the wine really shone. Rich, sweet, a bit less taut compared to the 1994, …
1997 vintage
Taster #9649
· Apr 2, 2011
86/100
Tasting of C. H. Berres Ürziger Würzgarten (Beautiful Wines) : Fairly dry for an Auslese. Quite crisp but lacking extract. A little anonymous at the moment but still quite enjoyable. Just don't expect too much fireworks.
1997 vintage