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Willi Schaefer

2006 Willi Schaefer, Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese Nr10, Mosel (VDP Auction)

Germany Riesling Mosel 750ML

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2006 Willi Schaefer, Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese Nr10, Mosel (VDP Auction)
Willi Schaefer

2006 Willi Schaefer, Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese Nr10, Mosel (VDP Auction)

Germany Riesling Mosel 750ML

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The 2006 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese A.P. #10 features lightly caramelized peach, grilled pineapple, grapefruit, and subtly meaty smoky aromatic notes. The botrytis was a bit more advanced – or at least its presence is slightly more obvious – with honey, baked apple, caramelized peach, and white raisin in the vanguard of very forward richness (in contrast with the ethereal and delicate elements of #14.) But there is also admirable retention of vibrant citrus, along with the piquancy of toasted nuts, both of which elements help to balance the sweetness. There are 800 liters of this, by the way - it’s no micro cuvee. Look for it to keep pace with the #14 for 40 or more years. Lucky those who acquire some of each! I wrote of vintage 2005 as representing a return to the incomparable level of quality that long prevailed at this address, and fans of Willi Schaefer and is son Christoph will be delighted to learn that their two subsequent vintages are as fine as any that have come from this cellar, and that they’ve increased acreage at least a bit in an effort to assuage the demand that now rages at home as well as abroad. That said, the harvest of 2006 was a perfect example of why Willi Schaefer has so long resisted acquiring more vines. “It was a race,” Christoph says, “in order to preserve our style of wine” and an intimate knowledge of each parcel and ability to make quick decisions were essential. “In the first week of October,” notes Willi Schaefer, “we still had half-way normal yields, but after that the crop shriveled. And the beautiful truth is that the acids concentrated, too.” By corralling friends and relatives from the village, Schaefers were able to muster 25 pickers the second week, their largest team ever. It certainly paid off!

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

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The 2006 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese A.P. #10 features lightly caramelized peach, grilled pineapple, grapefruit, and subtly meaty smoky aromatic notes. The botrytis was a bit more advanced – or at least its presence is slightly more obvious – with honey, baked apple, caramelized peach, and white raisin in the vanguard of very forward richness (in contrast with the ethereal and delicate elements of #14.) But there is also admirable retention of vibrant citrus, along with the piquancy of toasted nuts, both of which elements help to balance the sweetness. There are 800 liters of this, by the way - it’s no micro cuvee. Look for it to keep pace with the #14 for 40 or more years. Lucky those who acquire some of each! I wrote of vintage 2005 as representing a return to the incomparable level of quality that long prevailed at this address, and fans of Willi Schaefer and is son Christoph will be delighted to learn that their two subsequent vintages are as fine as any that have come from this cellar, and that they’ve increased acreage at least a bit in an effort to assuage the demand that now rages at home as well as abroad. That said, the harvest of 2006 was a perfect example of why Willi Schaefer has so long resisted acquiring more vines. “It was a race,” Christoph says, “in order to preserve our style of wine” and an intimate knowledge of each parcel and ability to make quick decisions were essential. “In the first week of October,” notes Willi Schaefer, “we still had half-way normal yields, but after that the crop shriveled. And the beautiful truth is that the acids concentrated, too.” By corralling friends and relatives from the village, Schaefers were able to muster 25 pickers the second week, their largest team ever. It certainly paid off!