WTN: 2 Spatlese meet a Morgon, all ina good place

Harissa salmon with potatoes and onions, roasted broccoli
2007 JJ Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese
Some Prum pseudo-reduction matchstick when opening, cinnamon spiced peaches, balanced acids, really in a nice place. B+/A-

2004 Karthauserhof Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg Spatlese
In an even nicer place. Snappy acids, citrus blossoms and spice, clean apple and nectarine fruit, excellent length A-

Pork/fish sauce meatballs, sesame/brownbutter/miso noodles, shiitakes with bok choy

2009 G. Descombes Morgon
Rich but with balancing acids, red plum and cherry, coffee, and a hint of smoke. There’s a little animal note that I kept glimpsing, unsure if a touch of (pleasant) brett or just my imagination. B+/B

Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.

Nice set of aged wines.

2009 G. Descombes Morgon
Rich but with balancing acids, red plum and cherry, coffee, and a hint of smoke. There’s a little animal note that I kept glimpsing, unsure if a touch of (pleasant) brett or just my imagination. B+/B

This was the regular, not the VV? I normally don't peg the regular as something to hold that long. But of course preferences vary, and 09 was ripe.

[David M. Bueker]

Prüm and Karthauserhof sounds really good. Somehow I ended up with only two bottles of 2007 Prüm - both Himmelreich Auslese GK. Go figure.

Yes, regular Morgon. Was pretty ripe and monolithic when young.
Ok, so 2 Prum, but bet even in 2007 (I remember not a vintage you loved) you have plenty of MSR and probably quite a bit of Nahe.

[David M. Bueker]

Actually no, other than a decent stash of Selbach I don’t have much of anything. Only 7 bottles of Dönnhoff which is a very low number for a vintage from that decade.

One thing I recall is that the Theise portfolio tasting that year was on a blisteringly hot day (high of 98), and tasting was just gross, as the A/C at Tribeca Grill could not keep up. It really tamped down my buying, as I did not get a decent read on things.