2001 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Kabinett - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (6/7/2015)
Farewell to a delicious wine. This is my last bottle of the Kabinett (plenty of Spatlese and Auslese still waiting), and on the top of the maturity curve. It still shows a lightly cooked strawberry aroma (think jam/sauce), but is now dominated but the red slate elements of the Wurzgarten. Cinnamon red hots, dried pineapple, nutmeg and iron minerality take the focus. On the palate it is only lightly sweet, and the acidity makes for a completely dry finish. I have been following this wine for 13 years, since it's release in fall of 2002, and it has always been beautiful regardless of where it was in its aging curve. It remains beautiful now, as it gets ready to sail towards the sunset.
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