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Environment friendly bottle for Moselle wines

15/12/2009 Jozef Schildermans 0

Manufacturer OI launches a super lightweight version of the typical bottle for  Moselle wines and German wines from the Rheinhessen region, also known as the Schlegel bottle. The OI Schlegel Lean + Green bottle weighs 360 grams instead of 440 grams for a regular Schlegel bottle. The bottle is produced by OI in the Netherlands in green and white glass. > Read more …

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2008 Van Volxem Saar Riesling trocken

17/09/2009 Jozef Schildermans 0

2008 Van Volxem Saar Riesling trocken – Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (6/2/2009) White fruit, spices on the nose; good balance between sweet fruit and citruslike acidity on the palate, with a dollop of sweet, spicy honey and impressions of slate. Good qpr. (tasted on the 2nd day after opening). (89 pts.)

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2007 Van Volxem Riesling Alte Reben “Fuder Nr.4”

08/05/2009 Jozef Schildermans 0

2007 Van Volxem Riesling Alte Reben “Fuder Nr.4” – Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (9/4/2008) Beautiful, complex nose of spicy honey, ripe white and yellow fruit, slate and fat cream. Creamy on the balanced, expansive palate, with delicious ripe fruit (pear, lychee, melon), refreshing acidity, slate and minerals, honey and a hint of smoke. Kept getting better in the course of > Read more …

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2007 Van Volxem Wawerner Goldberg Riesling Erste Lage

28/10/2008 Jozef Schildermans 0

2007 Van Volxem Wawerner Goldberg Riesling Erste Lage – Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (10/13/2008) Heather honey, ripe yellow fruit and minerals on the delicious nose. Broad, but fresh palate, with honey, fruit, minerals, spices, lots of glycerol. Young but already expressive. Delicious in its youthful exuberance, but clearly holding back for more. Again a success for 2007. (93 pts.)