TheSkip

9.4

Oh. My. If this isn't at peak! — 6 years ago

Dade Thieriot

9.8

I got this old bottle at a #German #auction about 15 years ago and, on a whim, decided to serve it recently with a shrimp and avocado salad under a delicate, yet rather simple oil and vinegar dressing... the result was sublime as the nearly fifty-year-old bottle was uncannily fresh... a marvelous foil to the sharper, more savory dressing. Yes, it still had some residual sugar and that was a good thing as was the excellent core of ripe acidity that played a strong roll in the wine's remarkable balance--BRAVO! #1969 #JacobHamm #Winkeler #Jesuitengarten #Riesling #Cabinet #Spätlese — 10 years ago

with Petra

Dade Thieriot

10

#2006 was a wild year that featured a large array of glorious late-harvest, sweet wines that were enhanced by ample amounts of noble rot or #botrytis. This #Spätlese is really a mouth-filling #Auslese that lingers for seemingly minutes on end yet has a fine core of ripe acidity that provides the balance needed to age easily for another decade or so! #Auction #VDP #FritzHaag #Juffer #Sonnenuhr #14 #Riesling — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

9.8

In an extremely difficult vintage where the grapes needed to be suddenly harvested over a 10 day period, making clean, late-picked wine was very challenging. However, this did not prevent Willi and son Christoph #Schaefer from crafting a beautiful, classy #Mosel #Riesling from their best vineyard--the #GraacherDomprobst.
Yes, it is slightly heavier and more concentrated than other cooler years, but with a kiss of #botrytis lining the contours of this almost-Auslese-level wine, the result is, well, magical and the wine utterly sings! The overall balance and structure are amazing and this super rarity auction bottle could keep easily another twenty years! #Auction #VDP — 11 years ago

with Petra and Andrew

Derek Cohen

Wine sales, The Wine Shoppe at Green Hills

10

Nuff said. I was honored just to get the chance to open it for a patron. Didn't expect to get to taste it but we really connected and she shared. Probably could sit for another 10 years...in the decanter! Just wow. #firstgrowthbordeaux #pauillac#auction #agedbordeaux — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

This vineyard turned me on to #Riesling back in 1974 and I've never been the same--gorgeous aromas of baked apples and apricots with delicate honey notes supported by fine extract--bottom line: beautifully balanced and simply delicious but lay off it for a good 10 years more at least! #VDP #Auction #Haart — 12 years ago

with Petra and Verena

Clarke Gasper

9.5

In a word, delicious! Silky smooth tannins with notes of cherry, acai, milk chocolate, dried cranberry, baking spices, and eucalyptus. Paired with lamb but the wine definitely holds its own #auction — 9 years ago

with Matthew

Dade Thieriot

10

This wine set a record at #auction when 3 of these double #magnums were offered so it was an enormous pleasure and great honor to have been able to experience this massively impressive 10-year old #GG while sitting next to it creators!
#2006 was a notoriously challenging vintage where rampant #botrytis and heavy selection were the order of the day; nevertheless in the hands of the Kellers yet another epic wine was born--THANK YOU!!! #Keller #AbtsE #Westhofen #Riesling #Rheinhessen — 10 years ago

with Petra

Dade Thieriot

10

#Keller #Riesling #Kabinett "#Hipping" (#Auction)--as Klaus Peter poured me this remarkable wine, he said, "This is Maria's wine!" I believe him... what a treasure to mark the birth of your daughter! Sourced from red clay soils on the slopes of #Nierstein overlooking the #Rhein... extremely opulent, explosive aromas, packed with power, but also such finesse... reminiscent of a lovely Mosel Riesling. The balance is uncanny... so elegant, gossamer, the essence of spring. Like a beautiful Monarch butterfly!
— 10 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

The bigger, riper vintages of the past decade are evolving beautifully such as this delicious '07 #Rheingau #Kabinett. Yes, it was definitely acting more like a #Spätlese, but given its perfect balance no one was complaining...the bottle was empty before we knew it...that is what Germans call: TRINKFLUSS! #Auction #Goldkapsel
— 11 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

'97s from #Germany are sublime examples of great #Riesling--ageless, perfectly balanced wines that are wonderful with or without food--sheer pleasure! #VDP #Auction — 11 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

2004 Trittenheim Apotheke from Weingut Werner is a nice little surprise and a wine I've bought at the Bernkasteler Ring #auction several times over the past 15 years--this '04 was rich, packed with honeyed flavors and a long, luscious finish. The little 500ml bottle went down too easily! — 12 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

Then came the #Auslese and the room got really quiet like a seance as it reached €110 per bottle & strangely €70 per half bottle & €260 per magnum--CRAZY! #Auction #VDP #JJPrüm — 12 years ago

with Petra and Verena

Dade Thieriot

10

Speaking of the devil...here we have later in the evening been fortunate enough to taste the "#Felix" #auction #2013 as well and also from double #magnum. To say this is an impressive effort understates the actual result--this could doubtless go nose to nose with any number of Grand Cru Burgundies! #Spätburgunder #PinotNoir #GermanWine #Keller #Rheinhessen — 10 years ago

with Petra

Dade Thieriot

9.9

One of the most impressive middle #Mosel late-picks imaginable--HELLO--did someone say "#BEERENAUSLESE"???
You bet. Yet it's an #Auslese... with immense concentration. Perfectly balanced between ripeness, concentration and acidity... the ultimate #Riesling poetry. A butt-kicking triumph and an #auction cuvée at that! #GransFassian #Trittenheim #Apotheke #longgoldkapsel #2005
— 10 years ago

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Wietske Rubow

10

Huge fruit! Lighter-bodied than one might expect of an #Auslese *** - elegant, balanced, stunning. #EmrichSchönleber just doesn't disappoint. #2003 #Frühlingsplätzchen #Riesling #Auction — 11 years ago

with Dade and Fritz

Dade Thieriot

10

'97 #auction #Rheingau #Riesling #Spätlese that knocked our socks off with its astounding freshness and vitality--still has plenty of life ahead of it! #ToniJost #VDP — 11 years ago

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Dade Thieriot

10

1997 Staatsweingut
Rauenthaler #Baiken remains one of the very best sites in all of Europe and '97 continues to impress with its longevity and marvelous balance--this #auction #Kabinett drinks perfectly now but could age further and continue to please😀! — 11 years ago

Dade Thieriot

10

One of the #Saar region's finest sites not far from the world renowned Scharzhofberg--our esteemed auctioneer, Max von Kunow, has fashioned a lovely, typical Saar #Riesling that is as fine as anything they've ever made--BRAVO! #VDP #Auction — 12 years ago

with Petra and Verena

Dade Thieriot

10

Manfred's #Spätlese is the only one produced at this estate in 2013 as no regular release was made. A total of 780 bottles were offered and he still managed to rake in an impressive €83 per bottle! #Auction #VDP #JJPrüm #Riesling — 12 years ago

with Verena and Petra