Not as good as my last bottle. Still an excellent drink though - a little unbalanced but the glorious package of tropical fruits and mineral structure makes for a powerful combination!
Not as good as my last bottle. Still an excellent drink though - a little unbalanced but the glorious package of tropical fruits and mineral structure makes for a powerful combination!
Dec 24th, 2017Hopefully the last time I will ever drink an '83 Scharzhofberger Auslese with a straw.
Unbelievable youth and acidity. Stupidly fine. I have 5 more bottles - seriously ambivalent: happy that it's one of the finest (nearly) dry whites I've ever tasted, want to kick myself for breaking it!
Incidentally, it came first in a NYT blind tasting of all eight '83 Scharzhofberger Ausleses in 1987. What a tasting to re-stage that would be!
Hopefully the last time I will ever drink an '83 Scharzhofberger Auslese with a straw.
Unbelievable youth and acidity. Stupidly fine. I have 5 more bottles - seriously ambivalent: happy that it's one of the finest (nearly) dry whites I've ever tasted, want to kick myself for breaking it!
Incidentally, it came first in a NYT blind tasting of all eight '83 Scharzhofberger Ausleses in 1987. What a tasting to re-stage that would be!
Jul 20th, 2016
Mosel, Germany
