Sitting here today with a day 2 glass of the Wagner STempel that has come together quite a bit, so my “pop & pour” observation from yesterday doesn’t really do the wine justice.
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2002 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Alte Reben Zöbinger Heiligenstein - Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal (9/27/2014)
Gold/bronze in the glass (clearly the darkest of the four wines today); a great nose that I always describe as fruit cocktail served in a slate bowl - deelish!
Dry and medium- to - full-bodied on the palate - this is the stuff. Balanced and really covering the palate. Sad to say this is my last bottle, but I will enjoy this over the weekend.
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2009 Domaine de la Pépière (Marc Ollivier) Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Vieilles Vignes Clos des Briords - France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine (9/27/2014)
Light yellow in the glass; a hint of lime & salinity on the nose.
Refreshing and brisk on the palate - in a nice place right now, but I don’t see any indication that this isn’t capable of another decade in the cellar (although whether it will last that long in MY cellar is another question altogether).
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2011 Domaine Jean Masson & Fils Vin de Savoie Apremont Vieilles Vignes - France, Savoie, Vin de Savoie Apremont (9/27/2014)
Yellow-gold in the glass; crisp but otherwise fairly neutral/reticent nose.
Quite brisk & dry on the palate, lean and relatively light-bodied. Slight bitterness on the finish; not bad.
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2011 Wagner-Stempel Siefersheimer Riesling Vom Porphyr Trocken - Germany, Rheinhessen (9/27/2014)
I picked up a case of this a while back, but hadn’t gotten around to pulling a cork until today. Light yellow-gold in the glass; I love the nose here, with slate nuances, a saline note, crisp apples - a lot going on here right now.
Sweet & sour fruit on the palate, with nice persistence on the finish. Light-bodied. The nose is more interesting than the palate today, as the wine has not fully knit itself together yet and comes across a little “angular”. I like the potential here, though.
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