2001 Nikolaihof Riesling Federspiel Vom Stein
This was aromatically lovely, but not the crystalline, perfect beauty that it can be. I think this is maybe a year or so late. Don’t get me wrong, it is still an excellent wine with lots of flowers, fruits, and a sense of being in some mountainous field from a movie. I’ve said this many times, but there is a vitality, and alive-ness to Nikolaihof wines. This is maybe my favorite estate that I have never visited. One day I will make it to the Wachau.
1995 Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
Once again, this wine disappoints. For whatever reason, it has never fulfilled the promise it showed as a young wine. It’s not flawed, or bad, just completely non-descript and uninteresting. Oh well.
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4 comments:
Don't age Janasse either!
I agree with your headline.
When you get to the Wachau, paddle downstream and across the river to Mautern, where you will find Nikolaihof.
I had the Nikolaihof over the weekend and it was pretty great. I was pleasantly surprised.
Well, it isn't that it has gone bad, it's that I think it is on the decline. I just don't see the tertiary characteristics being more pleasant.
YMMV, but that makes you an inconsistent driver.
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