Good old SFJoe was kind of enough to drop off a half drunk bottle of 1994 Hirtzberger Riesling Singerriedel Smaragd and it was stunning and I was more than happy to polish it off. Of course with Jamie's help. The nose was a combination of honey, gym sneaker, petrol (hint), daisies and intense mineral. Very pretty nose. A complete nose. Palate was juicy and ripe with pure apricot, mango and vivid minerality. The finish is great as it just dissolves but never dissipates. Fantastic stuff. Maybe a little short in the fruit "intensity" department but I attribute that to possibly being open a bit too long. Otherwise a fascinating wine and one I am very glad to have tried.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Middle-Aged Hirtzberger
Good old SFJoe was kind of enough to drop off a half drunk bottle of 1994 Hirtzberger Riesling Singerriedel Smaragd and it was stunning and I was more than happy to polish it off. Of course with Jamie's help. The nose was a combination of honey, gym sneaker, petrol (hint), daisies and intense mineral. Very pretty nose. A complete nose. Palate was juicy and ripe with pure apricot, mango and vivid minerality. The finish is great as it just dissolves but never dissipates. Fantastic stuff. Maybe a little short in the fruit "intensity" department but I attribute that to possibly being open a bit too long. Otherwise a fascinating wine and one I am very glad to have tried.
I think it may still be suffering a bit from its recent arrival and long voyage. Just a guess.
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ReplyDeleteput your hands on 05 Singerriedel Smaragd, what a revelation!
Take care,
Martin/"BerlinKitchen"
I need to taste the '05 of this. Martin, you are the 35th person to tell me in the past week.
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