I share your sentiment regarding Weingart, who I have held in high esteem ever since I first tried one of his Riesling ca 7 years ago. I have been to his place a couple of times and appreciate his unconventional approach to wine and winemaking in general. After I was absolutey blown away by one of his 2009s - 3 bottles left in the cellar - I had ordered 12 different of his wines from 2010 without having tried them.I have rummaged through my notes of hte ones I have already had (6-7 bottles) and I feel it's safe to say that atleast for my palate his 2010 have underwhelmed me. Especially the Spätlesen have somewhat lacked the necessary acidity to balance the immense fruitiness which at times even bordered on sugarsweet grape juice. And the Kabinetts appear a little lackluster and one-domensional. I have therefore decided to leave the remaining bottles untouched for a few years and see if that does any good to them. But then again maybe that was the problem of 2010 in Mittelrhein. I have yet to open my 2010 bottles from the Mosel, Molitor and yours truly Haart.
On a totally different note, what's the gossip regarding the 2011 vintage in Germany?
Weingart 2010
Dear ramblers,
I share your sentiment regarding Weingart, who I have held in high esteem ever since I first tried one of his Riesling ca 7 years ago. I have been to his place a couple of times and appreciate his unconventional approach to wine and winemaking in general. After I was absolutey blown away by one of his 2009s - 3 bottles left in the cellar - I had ordered 12 different of his wines from 2010 without having tried them.I have rummaged through my notes of hte ones I have already had (6-7 bottles) and I feel it's safe to say that atleast for my palate his 2010 have underwhelmed me. Especially the Spätlesen have somewhat lacked the necessary acidity to balance the immense fruitiness which at times even bordered on sugarsweet grape juice. And the Kabinetts appear a little lackluster and one-domensional. I have therefore decided to leave the remaining bottles untouched for a few years and see if that does any good to them. But then again maybe that was the problem of 2010 in Mittelrhein. I have yet to open my 2010 bottles from the Mosel, Molitor and yours truly Haart.
On a totally different note, what's the gossip regarding the 2011 vintage in Germany?
Best regards, namri