Dave's Top Pick of the List
** Importer Clearance! Top-quality 2001 Mosel riesling, sitting in a Chicago warehouse. Half-price! **
REICHSGRAF von KESSELSTATT 2001 Piesporter Domherr Riesling Auslese
My favorite Chicago supplier presented me with a "take the rest of these off my hands" sort of deal this month on a few interesting wines. The BEST wine and certainly the biggest quantity, was on the WONDERFUL 2001 Mosel Auslese.
The Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt is quite simply one of the BEST and most historic wineries in Germany! Their wines are ALWAYS top-rated, and always ageworthy too! They offer an estate guarantee that even their Kabinett level wines will age 10 years, regardless of vintage.
I made several attempts to look this wine up in the Wine Spectator and Robert Parker etc. The Wine Specatator rated 8 different Kesselstatt 2001 Rieslings, from a $19 Kabinett on up to $100+ dessert wines; and EVERY 2001 Kesselstatt scored 90 points or better! (unfortunately, this particular wine was not one they tasted) I decided to look up 2001 vintage Piesporter Domherr (one of the finest vineyards in the famed village of Piesport) Auslese, and I found only one; it was a $42 example from an equally great winery to Kesselstatt, and it was 90 points too! So guilt by association, you KNOW this is a great wine! I was also lucky enough to taste it and here are my notes: deep yellow/gold color, great nose of minerals, flowers, and hint of honey, full bodies and fairly sweet palate with a long and luxurious finish.
This wine is HALF-PRICE on the importer clearance! Original Retail: $25
German Offer Price: $12.99 per bottle (sale)
Case Price: $11.99 each (over 50% savings off retail)