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The July 2014 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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Lot 3080
Estimate: $75
Lightly scuffed labels.
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"Cyanic bitterness of peach kernel and pear pip are prominent even in the nose of the Diels’ 2008 Dorsheimer Pittermannchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs, which then comes to the palate bright and compact, with a combination of chalky minerality and fruit pit bitterness that borders on austere, but is redeemed by low-toned nut oil richness and by a finish not only intensely mineral and a bit bitter, yet also explosively juicy and loaded with primary peachy fruit. The chalky and nutty elements put me in mind of Burgberg rather than of the slate-paved Pittermannchen; and the way the wine really only plays its strongest suit in the finish reminds me of Austrian Riesling behavior. Given its concentration, energy, and the fact that it manages to balance despite very low residual sugar, this will be worth following for ten or a dozen years.'
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"Cyanic bitterness of peach kernel and pear pip are prominent even in the nose of the Diels’ 2008 Dorsheimer Pittermannchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs, which then comes to the palate bright and compact, with a combination of chalky minerality and fruit pit bitterness that borders on austere, but is redeemed by low-toned nut oil richness and by a finish not only intensely mineral and a bit bitter, yet also explosively juicy and loaded with primary peachy fruit. The chalky and nutty elements put me in mind of Burgberg rather than of the slate-paved Pittermannchen; and the way the wine really only plays its strongest suit in the finish reminds me of Austrian Riesling behavior. Given its concentration, energy, and the fact that it manages to balance despite very low residual sugar, this will be worth following for ten or a dozen years.'
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The spiritual home of Riesling, producing wines of piercing acidity, precision and longevity across a spectrum from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. Cool, steep-sloped vineyards along the Mosel and Rhine yield some of the world's most delicate, long-lived whites.
A highly aromatic white of piercing acidity and transparency to terroir, ranging from bone-dry to lusciously sweet. It ages remarkably and is the noble grape of Germany and Alsace.