Winery - Willi Haag
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Broad, weighty and sweet, this is an enjoyable wine with plenty of richness and fruit, but maybe not a true kabinett style. Peach and pineapple flavors pick up some diesel notes that persist through the honeyed finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine’s aromas of baked apple, honey, cinnamon and brown sugar are immediately attractive, and in the mouth it doesn’t disappoint. It’s broad and mouthfilling but avoids heaviness, finishing long, with hints of orange rind.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Despite this wine’s lightweight feel, it packs in plenty of authority and flavor, ranging from the suggestion of honeyed apples to hints of petrol and ripe peaches. A firm, minerally edge to the finish provides balance to the sweetness. Imported by Chapin Cellars.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Hints of ripe apples and pears are largely submerged under lots of dieselly aromas. On the palate, once past the cloud of terpenes, there is some lively ripe fruit, but it finishes a little soft. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Nicely balanced and light in body yet assertively flavored. Reveals notes of slate and diesel fuel, buffered by ripe apples, pears and citrus fruits. Finishes long, with ample sucrosity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Slightly funky and leesy on the nose, with somewhat sweaty overtones to the citrus and apple aromas. But the flavors are pure, suggesting that the aromatics just need some time to come around—or a quick decanting. It’s medium in body, with a crisp, tangy finish that artfully balances sweet and tart.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Nicely done for an entry-level wine, with slate, fresh floral greens and briny minerality all wrapped up in an off-dry cocoon of green apples and citrus fruits. Fresh and clean on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Presents an admirable blend of melon, lime, slate, mint and petrol, folding in apple notes on the palate. This is fairly sweet—close to unctuous—in style, while remaining fresh and fruit-driven from start to finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Willi Haag’s 2007 spätlese from the Juffer boasts a high-class mélange of petrol and slate, flowers and citrus. It’s medium in body, with surprisingly restrained fruit on the palate, finishing with just a touch of phenolic bitterness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Crisp and clean, with a long, delicately wrought finish, this is a throwback to the auslesen of earlier times, without heaps of sweetness, but instead playing off the fine balance between sugar and acid. Floral and citrus aromas weave around a core of green apple fruit, while a bass line of slatey minerality underscores the melody.
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