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The January 2015 Internet-Only Auction Part 2
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Lot 172
Estimate: $35
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"While the Halenberg Spatlese was fermented with selected yeasts, the gauze-like shroud of youthful yeastiness and CO2 give away origins of the 2004 Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spatlese A.P. #17 in spontaneous (and, says Frohlich, âendlessly longâ) fermentation. This wine is from the highest portions of the towering Felseneck vineyard. The nose clears to reveal yellow and red plum aromas. The palate impression is one of astonishingly vivid fresh plum, dripping with fresh lime, but without the obvious verve of the Halenberg. The mineral expression is a suffusion of salts and infusion of shrimp shells rather than the dynamically diverse range exhibited in the Halenberg. The balance is just extraordinarily poised (despite an unbelievably high nearly 90 grams residual sugar), and the finish pure, sedate, yet endlessly refreshing and satisfying."
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"While the Halenberg Spatlese was fermented with selected yeasts, the gauze-like shroud of youthful yeastiness and CO2 give away origins of the 2004 Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Spatlese A.P. #17 in spontaneous (and, says Frohlich, âendlessly longâ) fermentation. This wine is from the highest portions of the towering Felseneck vineyard. The nose clears to reveal yellow and red plum aromas. The palate impression is one of astonishingly vivid fresh plum, dripping with fresh lime, but without the obvious verve of the Halenberg. The mineral expression is a suffusion of salts and infusion of shrimp shells rather than the dynamically diverse range exhibited in the Halenberg. The balance is just extraordinarily poised (despite an unbelievably high nearly 90 grams residual sugar), and the finish pure, sedate, yet endlessly refreshing and satisfying."
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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.