WTN: Four German Rieslings...(short/boring)

SteveCostigan's tasting swan song was last night & we tasted four German Rieslings:
1. J.J.Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese (8.5%) 2005: Pale gold color; slight pungent petrol/Mosel valve oil fairly strong mango/R bit complex still youthful nose; quite tart slightly sweet light Mosel valve oil/petrol fairly strong mango/R bit complex slight steely flavor; very long/lingering tart lithe strong R/mango/pineapple light petrol/Mosel valve oil finish; starting to show some secondary characteristics but still quite youthful and needs another 6-10 yrs, maybe longer; a classic JJPrum thoroughbred.
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2. Weingart Bopparder Hamm Feyuerlay Riesling Mittlerhein Spatlese (8%) 2009: Med.gold color; rather mineral/steely some R/mango slight flinty attractive nose; off-dry strong mango/R fairly tart bit simple flavor; very long rather R/mango/steely/flinty not very nunanced finish; still seems pretty primary/youthful and needs another 10 yrs.
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3. Dr.Loosen Erdener Pralat Riesling Auslese (7.5%) Mosel 2004: Light gold color; some pineapple/R/mango no botrytis rather primary nose w/ little Mosel character; tart very strong R/pineapple/ripe/mango fairly sweet very slight Mosel valve oil very primary/undeveloped flavor; very long very strong fairly tart R/pineapple/mango slight Mosel finish; still seems pretty primary w/o much evolution nor Mosel character; still needs more age.
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4. Heinz Eifel Eiswein Rheinhessen (9.0%; Winesellers/Niles/IL) Winemaker: Anne Eifel-Spohr; S&B by Romerhof/Trittenheim 2009: Dee4p golden/burnished bronze/near PX color; strong passito/grapey/honeyed bit LateHrvst/R bit very sweet cedary some complex nose; quite tart/tangy quite rich/lush intense grapey/passito bit earthy/cedary fairly LH/R rather complex flavor w/ no oxidation; very long/lingering cedary/honeyed/orangey strong LH/R quite passito/grapey some complex finish; shows none of that funky character you sometimes get in Eisweins that have been left out in the elements for a long time; very intense passito/grapey Eiswein that should go out 20 yrs.
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More biddlesproken from The BloodyPulpit:
1. The Weingart was not a producer w/ whom I'd ever had any experience. Liked the wine quite a lot.
Steve will be moving to WashState on the Strait at end of July. We will miss him at our tastings and especially sharing his passion for Sauternes.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

Weingart has been in the (formerly known as Theise) Skurnik portfolio for a long time. Always a bit in the shadows, as the MIttelrhein is not well known, and for may year Toni Jost was the featured Mittelrhein address, with Weingart playin second fiddle. Always very well made wines, and notably a producer who decided that he had grown too big, and sold off some acreage. He wanted to be able to directly oversee all the farming, and had gotten too big to do that.