TN: Two Dessert Wines to Celebrate....(short/boring)

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Friday night we had two Dessert wines to celebrate Laura’s Dad’s BD, Fernando. They were both excellent, as was Fernando; for a cranky ole grouch:

  1. A.J.Adam Dhron Hofberg Riesling Spatlese (8.0%; A.P.Nr. 2 594 581 06 11; www.AJ-Adam.com; L04) A.J.Adam/Neuumagen/Dhron/Mosel 2010: Dark gold color w/ loads of tartrate crystals; very fragrant/perfumed/R/mango quite complex rather Mosel valve oil slightly pungent beautiful nose; slightly sweet some tart very strong pnegent/gout de petrol/valve oil lightly rich very complex flavor; very long/lingering light Mosel valve oil/complex; not a lot of botrytis present & not that sweet but a beautiful expression of a lovely mature Mosel that should go another 6-12 yrs.
  1. Ronchi di Pietro Picolit Dd’OCG WW (14%; EnotecImprts/Denver) Cividale del Friuli/Monviert 2016: Very dark gold color; very intense grapey/passito lightly floral/gardenias bit alcoholic some complex lovely very perfumed nose; quite sweet intense grapey/passito/lightly floral bit soft very lush slightly complex very intense grapey flavor; very long/lingering very grapey/passito rather youthful finish; still quite a youthful dessert wine that should go another 10-20 yrs.

More piccoburt from TheBloodyPulpit:

  1. Two really exceptional dessert wines, though the Mosel wasn’t that sweet to be a dessert wine, though it was a beautiful example of a mature Mosel Spatlese. The Picolet is a grape born in Friuli & most often made as a passito wine. This was on of the best Picolits I can recall having. But, as typical, pretty expensive for a Picolit, around $55/500 ml.
    Tom
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Thanks Tom, lovely and informative notes. By happenstance, I had a 2010 Adam Hofberg some 8 years ago, though not the spat.

2010 A.J. Adam Hofberg Ries

Dan mentioned he had mistaken the identity of this bottle. Oh well, such is life. It was a happy accident in this case. Star fruit and a hint of light herbs accents the bouquet. And when it hits your tongue…WOW. That has zap. So vibrant at the tip of the tongue. And continues with lemon and apple main. You can like a wine that is so full of life.

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Tom, you mentioned not a lot of botrytis on the A.J. Adam spatlese. I wouldn’t have expected any – do you often find botrytis at that level of German wine? I usually expect it in BAs or TBAs.

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Love 2010 sweeter German wines. Great acidity to balance the sweetness.