Peter Jakob Kühn

Tasting through a flight of Rieslings from Peter Jakob Kühn today from Rheingau. New from this post will be a order number (Vinmonopolet, where available), and the price in Norwegian kroner (where available).

2010 Peter Jakob Kühn Hallgarten Händelberg Riesling Trocken:
BU9740101 (209,-) Pale lemon yellow. Light nose of almonds, apples and some citrus. Lovely acidity, rounded and fine balance. Fresh feel to it and elegant. Good length. 87

2010 Peter Jakob Kühn Mittelheim St Nikolaus Riesling Trocken:
BU9740201 (289,-) Pale lemon yellow. Ripe nose, yellow plums and apples. Fresh acidity, lively, more energetic than Händelberg in a way, elegant finish of apples and lemons. 89

2010 Peter Jakob Kühn Oestrich Doosberg Riesling Trocken:
BU9740301 (299,-) Pale lemon yellow. Very elegant and subdued nose. Apples, lime and some minerals. Fresh acidity, lively and playful. Gives more on the palate than on the nose. Long. 89

2009 Peter Jakob Kühn Riesling Amphore:
Straw yellow. If you take a terracotta flower pot, and if you change it into a bigger one for your plants, the smell in the old pot, a bit of moist dirt and wet terracotta, thats exactly how this wine smells. Rich and fullbodied, medium acidity, flavours have very little to do with any normal conception of Riesling that I know of. 86

2008 Peter Jakob Kühn Oestrich Lenchen Riesling Beerenauslese;
BU5163802 (577,-) (Demi) Pale golden, apricots, apples, pure nose, oranges. Refreshing and playful acidity, stunning balance, a bit tender first, then explodes on the palate. Lively and very long indeed. 94