Schloss Johannisberg

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2015 Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Riesling trocken
NOV 16 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, fruity, lemons, fresh nose, light minerals. Fresh acidity, fresh, fruity, apples and minerals, refreshing. 88

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Goldlack Trockenbeerenauslese No 173 Auction Wine

JUN 13 Pale golden. Apricots, apples, raspberries, layered, complex and pure nose. Gorgeous. Fresh acidity, lively, stunning texture and structure, so refreshing and lively, magnificent, incredibly long. 98

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Goldlack Trockenbeerenauslese

JUN 13 Pale golden. Fruity, layered, complex, an amazing nose. Rich and pure. Fresh acidity, marvelous acidity, superb freshness, gorgeous texture, lively and pure, incredibly long. 97

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Rosa-Goldlack Beerenauslese No 33

JUN 13 Pale golden. Apricots, fruity, apples, pure and layered nose, complex. Fresh acidity, refreshing, fruity, lovely balance, nuanced, lively and superb purity, long indeed. 95

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Rosalack Auslese

JUN 13 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals, layered and complex nose. Fresh acidity, lively, fruity, complex, gorgeously balanced, nuanced and long. 94

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Spätlese Grünlack
FEB 14 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, fruity and fresh nose, touch of citrus and minerals. Fresh acidity, fruity, lively, elegant, lovely balance, fresh and a bit tight. 91

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Grünlack Spätlese

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Apples, fruity, minerals and floral nose. Fresh acidity, gorgeous balance, playful and lively, elegant and long. 93

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Rotlack Kabinett Feinherb

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Fruity, apples and minerals nose. Fresh acidity, lively, elegant, leaner style, focused. Good length. 89

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Gelblack Feinherb

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Apples, floral and mineral nose. Fresh acidity, lively, fresh and elegant, good length. 88

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Silberlack Riesling GG

AUG 13 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals and elegant nose. Some deeper citrus notes. Fresh acidity, fruity, elegant and refreshing, lively, nuanced and layered, lovely balance, long. 93

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Silberlack EG

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Apples, richer and fuller nose, minerals. Fresh acidity, elegant and refreshing, ever so slightly bitter touch, fresh, lively and long. 93

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Rotlack Kabinett Trocken

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Apples, scented, minerals and nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, lively and elegant palate, refreshing lime touch, good length. 89

2012 Schloss Johannisber Riesling Gelblack trocken
FEB 14 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some yellow fruits and subdued minerals nose. Fresh acidity, fresh and lively, this bottle had a little less body than some, refreshing, good length. 89

2012 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Gelblack Trocken

JUN 13 Watery lemon yellow. Apples, minerals and elegant nose. Fresh acidity, elegant and mouthwatering palate, good length. 87

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Goldlack
OCT 13 Golden. Apples, pineapples, apricots, subdued minerals, elegant and refined nose, intense and fruity, incredible nose. Fresh acidity, refined, elegant, playful, intense, graceful, refreshing, perfect balance, just gorgeous. Very long. 96

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Riesling Goldlack Trockenbeereauslese

JUN 13 Pale golden. Pure nose of apples, pineapples, apricots and a touch floral, layered. Fresh acidity, lively, refined and playful, superb texture, gorgeous balance and length, pure joy. 96

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Johannisberger Rosalack Riesling Auslese

AUG 13 Pale golden. Apples, floral, subdued minerals, apricots, very elegant and seductive nose. Layered. Fresh acidity, lively, nuanced and gorgeous palate, lovely texture, long finish. 93

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Grünlack Riesling Spätlese
MAR 15 Lyst gullgul. Epler, fruktig, mineraler, lukket på duft nå. Frisk syre, leken, elegant, livlig, detaljert, fruktig, lang finish. 91

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Kabinett Rotlack
MAR 13 Pale lemon yellow. Lemons, apples, minerals, some grapefruit. Fresh and feels too young now, even with excessive breathing. Fresh acidity, elegant texture, long. Give it five years. 89

2011 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack Riesling EG
FEB 14 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, tight, nuanced, lemons nose, minerals. Needs time in the decanter as usual. Fresh acidity, tight and fruity, minerals, closed, long. 92

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Goldlack Trockenbeerenauslese

JUN 11 Golden, intense, layered and seductive. 23 grams acidity, 254 g. rs, the balance, intensity and complexity is beyond words, length for minutes on end, acidity is beyond description. I think perhaps the best way to describe this wine would be to describe the reaction of the four of us tasting it. (well Christian Witte (Domäneverwalter) has tasted it many times, but I could see the anticipation in his eyes). We smelt it in the glass, looked at each other with a -"Ahhh". Then tasted it, everybody started looking at each other, smiling more and more with eyes wide open in pure pleasure, then everybody just started laughing loudly. 100

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Rosalack Auslese

JUN 11 Somewhat deeper lemon, pure, roses, intense, layered, complex, superb acidity, stunning texture and so mouthwatering, marvelous, fantastic length. 97

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Grünlack Spätlese

JUN 11 Pale lemon, superb refinement on the nose, balance perfection, fragrant, nuanced, layered, the elegance is out of this world, I just love this wine.... 94

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Rotlack Kabinett (Feinherb)

JUN 11 Pale lemon, very refined and elegant Kabinett, on the slightly drier style, or rather more classic than has been in fashion lately, pure, lively and long. 92

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Gelblack Feinherb

JUN 11 Pale lemon, again more fruity and pure, well balanced, slightly more rounded texture, lively and long. 91

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Rotlack Trocken

JUN 11 Pale lemon, again very pure, elegant texture, more focused and "sharp" in structure, long length. 91

2010 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Gelblack Trocken

JUN 11 Pale lemon, very pure, fruit driven, yellow fruits, elegantly balanced, fresh acidity, long finish. 91

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Goldlack TBA
AUG 10 (fassprobe) Golden, complex, honey, apricots, botrytis, orange and lemon, very pure. Tremendous acidity, even with this level of sweetness (244 g. rs/ 10,5 Acidity) the acidity makes love with the residual sugar and it's just heaven. So balanced, you almost get tears in your eyes of pure enjoyment and a never ending length. 96-98

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Rosalack Auslese
AUG 10 Light golden, touch of botrytis, apples, pears, roses and sweeter fruits. Gorgeous balance, so pure, great and playful acidity, fantastic elegance and complexity, very long length. 93

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Grünlack Spätlese
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, ripe apples, pears, minerals, perfection on the balance as the 07, great fruit, texture and intensity, playing very elegantly in the mouth, pure, fantastic length. One of my favorite Spätleses, since the 2007 vintage, just a pure beauty. 92

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Kabinett
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, apples, minerals, touch of yellow fruits, hint of strawberries. Great acidity, pure, very focused, great balance, very refreshing, elegant and long length. 88

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Feinherb
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, yellow fruits, apples, elegant and clean feel. Good balance, fresh and lively acidity, easy summer joy, good length. 85

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack EG
AUG 10 (fassprobe) Some yeast still showing, apples, touch of yellow fruits, roses and floral notes, some sweet high notes, or should I say ripe, very balanced, great acidity, fresh, long length and a touch of bitter apple peal at the end. 91-93

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Trocken
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, apples, touch of pears, minerals, yellow plums, very elegant, crisp, great balance, pure, focused, very good length. 87

2009 Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Trocken
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, lots of apples, some minerals, touch of apricots. Good acidity, beautiful balance, elegant, long finish. 87

2008 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Rosa Goldlack Beerenauslese
MAY 15 Golden. Dried apricots, raisins, honey, light nutty note, dates, intense, leaps out of the glass. Fresh and playful acidity, detailed, rounded, lively, elegant, intense, rich and long, narrower finish. 94

2008 Schloss Johannisberg Rosagoldlack Riesling Beereauslese
DEC 09 Pale lemon yellow, intense botrytis, some spicy notes, almost of white pepper, tropical, kiwi, honey, melon. Fantastic acidity and balance, cleans perfectly, very complex, extremely long finish. Wait 20 years. 95

2008 Schloss Johannisberg Blaulack Eiswein
AUG 10 Golden, very intense, botrytis, chanterelles, honey, almonds, orange peel, tamarinds, marmalade, toffee. Good acidity, even if not that high for Eiswein, viscus, complex and very long finish. 93

2008 Schloss Johannisberg Blaulack Riesling Eiswein
DEC 09 -17,8 degrees during harvest. Pale golden, fantastic minerality, exceptional complexity, apples, spices, pineapple, cinnamon, some roses and raspberries. Perfect balance, acidity cleans perfectly, tiny hint of botrytis, exceptional length. I like the Eiswein’s young and fresh, but this I think will last a long time and needs a few years. 96

2008 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack EG
AUG 10 Pale lemon yellow, ripe apples, touch of tropical fruits, yellow plums, minerals, even touch of plaster. Very good acidity, pure, elegant, complex, extremely long length. 91

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Goldlack Trockenbeerenauslese
JAN 10 Golden, very closed, some apricots, honey, apples, pineapples, botrytis, so young and fresh, maybe even some floral notes and minerals, absolutely stunning balance and acidity works perfectly, extremely complex, full bodied without being big, fantastic length, lasts and last, a beauty for the lucky few. 96

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Goldlack Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
DEC 09 Golden yellow, a bit closed, lime, lemon, botrytis, honey, pears, pineapples, almost fresh vanilla, intense and truly complex. Fantastic balance, very long finish. Keep 30-40 years, will probably last much longer. 97

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Rosa-Goldlack Beerenauslese
JAN 10 (demi) Golden colour, extremely complex, botrytis, apricots, pineapples, tropical fruits, apples, perfect balance, such elegance, fresh acidity, very stylish, fantastic length. 95

2007 Schoss Johannisberg Rosagelblack Riesling Beerenauslese
DEC 09 Pale lemon yellow, Fantastic botrytis, pineapple, plums, tropical, honey. Fantastic balance and intensity, strawberries, raspberries, exceptional complexity, even better aftertaste, lasts for ages. Save at least ten years if you manage. 96

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Auslese Rosalack

MAR 11 Lemon yellow, complex, botrytis, apples, pear, peach, some minerals, yellow plums and tropical. Pure youth still, lovely balance, quite a body for a Riesling, playful and refreshing acidity, long length. 94

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Grünlack Spätlese

AUG 16 Lemon yellow. Apples, fruity, lemons, minerals, elegant nose, pure, scented. Fresh acidity, fruity, fresh, elegant, lively, lemons, apples, peach, lovely balance, long. 93

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Spätlese Grünlack

MAR 16 Towards lemon yellow. Apples, some pineapples, fresh nose, light minerality, quite intense. Fresh acidity, elegant, rounded and lively palate, beautiful balance, detailed, almost smooth, long. 94

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Grünlack Riesling Spätlese
AUG 12 Pale golden. Subtle nose of green apples, some vague floral notes, apricots and jasmin. Orange blossoms. Fresh acidity and near perfect balance. Young, and seems more closed than before, with hardly any development so far. Wait for five or more years. 91

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Grünlack Riesling Spätlese

JAN 10 Pale lemon yellow. Decanted for five hours, and opened up beautifully. Apples, citrus, pineapples, very layered and seductive and elegance perfection. Fresh and lively acidity, but so tamed somehow so you do not really notice how it works, great balance, pears, lemon and raspberries, imagine a perfect fruit and berry dessert, long elegant finish. 93

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Riesling Kabinett

DEC 16 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, fruity, pears, tight even with air, some yellow fruits nose. Fresh acidity, fruity, fresh, apples, minerals, some lemons, leaner, good length. 88

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Kabinett

MAR 11 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some minerals, tight and firm. Fresh acidity, fresh, tight, needs another year or two just to round of for my palate, but there is something behind there. 88

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Silberlack EG
DEC 10 Pale straw yellow, extremely closed as usual, needs decanting, apples, minerals, some lemons and hints of tropical fruits. Elegant, perfect balance, body has started to open up a bit, seems to widen with age, very elegant, perfect balance and long finish. It seems it's starting to show a tiny hint of where it's heading, and it will be even more gorgeous. 92

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Silberlack EG
MAY 10 Pale straw yellow, fresh and lemony, lots of minerals, so well integrated and balanced, hint of pear, very cool fruit and so elegant. Fresh acidity, pure somehow, tropical fruits lurking beneath, a pleasure. Very long length. 90

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Riesling Kabinett trocken

AUG 15 Towards lemon yellow. Apples, light lemon drops and faint floral note nose, has added some weight since last bottle. Fresh acidity, verging on sharp but again has added some fruit and body since last bottle, fairly crisp even so, good length. 88

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken
MAY 10 Pale straw yellow, minerals, tropical touch, apples, pears, lychee, needed many hours to fully open in the bottle, the day after a slight petroleum touch. Lean, fresh acidity, cleansing, apples, pears and lime, very good balance, freshness and length. 87

2007 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken
APR 10 Bright and pale straw yellow, closed first, apples, lime, touch of minerals, lean body and firm structure, very youthful, but getting more in balance with its firmness, that was almost a bit too hard at birth, great balance, complex, very long length, dry, but some ripe fruits mellows it into a perfect balance, fresh acidity, keep. 87

2006 Schloss Johannisberger Riesling Goldlack Beerenauslese

FEB 16 Golden. Apricots, raisins, intense, apples, some minerals, layered nose. Fresh acidity, lots of raisins and sultanas, fresh and fruity, lovely balance, elegant, long. 94

2006 Schloss Johannisberg Silberlack Riesling EG

MAR 11 Pale lemon yellow, minerals, apples, citrus, apple cake, very complex, starting to open, nice body, very well balanced, elegant, long finish. Should be cellared a few years more, will last long. 91

1995 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Rotlack Kabinett Halbtrocken

JUN 13 Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals and some orange blossoms on the nose. Fresh acidity, ripe apples, fruity if leaner style, elegant and long. 90

1975 Schloss Johannisberg Rotlack Kabinett
AUG 10 Golden, A/B level fill, some petroleum, pear peal, orange, nuts and minerals. Lively acidity, very mineralic punch, lean style, yet beautifully elegant, complex, lemons and a very long finish. The last bottle at Zum Krug. 91

1970 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Gelblack
AUG 10 A level fill, light lemon yellow. Yellow, plums, elegant apply nose, touch of pears and apricots, very youthful with only some petroleum showing, seems dry but with some sweetness of tropical and ripe fruit. Very good acidity, beautiful balance, complex, rounded and beautifully elegant, either at peak or getting there very soon, great length. 94

1970 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Gelblack
MAR 10 Pale golden, flinty and slightly sweet fruit, apricots, some floral notes, ripe yellow apples, very dry, great balance, seems much younger, again, no petroleum, impressive for a QbA. 86

1964 Schloss Johannisberg Grünlack Spätlese Ex Bibliotheca Subterranea

MAR 11 Pale golden color, pear, touch of petroleum in the back, ripe yellow apples, minerals, tropical and apricots, intense yet tender, very well put together, floral notes, orange and very ripe lemons, very complex. Perfect balance, good texture and body for a Riesling, refreshing, fresh acidity, like biting in a really fresh green apple, very long length. 94

1964 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Spätlese Grünlack
MAR 10 Golden with green hue. a bit closed, tropical and slightly spicy notes, even some botrytis, lots of ripe apples. Fresh acidity, apple peel, very complex, and very fresh, no petroleum, great balance, and what a length. 93

1953 Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
MAR 12 Deep amber. What a nose, raisins, dried apples, dried apricots, botrytis, blackberries, pineapples, almost towards licorice as well, extremely layered and complex, revealing all kinds of subtle and more powerful aromas, quite intense. Fresh and marvelous acidity, playful and perfectly integrated into the texture and body. Viscous, yet light, stunning and extremely long aftertaste. Tasted at Schloss Johannisberg, from their cellar. The aftertaste lasted well into the lunch after the tasting (drinking of this one). 98+