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Balthasar Ress 2001 Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Trockenbeerenauslese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $170

A blockbuster wine, hugely sweet and rich wine with powerful botrytis and honey. There are flavors of honey and acacia and an opulent layer of rich dryness. The underlying acidity gives the wine an enormous potential. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Trockenbeerenauslese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $170

This is pure rich botrytis sweetness. The wine is concentrated, hugely rich with enormous power of intense ripeness. There is acidity and a sense of dry structure. Just amazing. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Beerenauslese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $120

Powerful aromas of honeyed botrytis come leaping from the glass. This is a concentrated wine, with layers of dry botrytis flavors and fresh, floral honey. There's plenty of richness, but also a lightness of touch which makes it appealing. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Beerenauslese Riesling (Rheingau)

Price $120

From one of the top Hattenheim vineyards, this stunning wine has flavors of sweet apricots and ripe summer fruits overlay botrytis and dryness. The freshness and ripeness of the fruit is what gives this wine its flavor and attraction. — R.V. (4/1/2003)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Spätlese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $18

Aromas of apples and cream make this an instantly enticing wine. It is finely polished, ripe, with some acidity along with flavors of baked apples. A touch of currants completes the entrancing fruit salad flavors of the wine. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Schloss Reichartshausen Spätlese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $14

This vineyard, a Balthasar Ress monopoly, has produced wine that balances some dryness with the richness. It is powerful, ripe and intense, with rich flavors of green plums. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Auslese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $23

The Ress wines are made for early drinking, as this fragrant wine shows. It has aromas of cherry blossom, a light, fresh palate with layers of light sweetness overlaying fresh, spring fruit flavors. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthasar Ress 2001 Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Auslese Riesling (Rheingau)

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Price $25

This shows the Ress touch, with its freshness and lightness. But the fruit flavors are attractively forward. There are flavors of red currants and white peaches. The texture is crisp, with layers of acidity and with the sweetness of fresh apricots. The aftertaste is fresh and refreshing, despite the sweetness. — R.V. (1/1/2004)

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Balthazar of the Barossa Hattenheimer Engelmannsberg Eiswein Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Auslese Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Beerenauslese Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Spätlese Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen Trockenbeerenauslese Hattenheimer Schützenhaus Kabinett Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Auslese Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Beerenauslese Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Spätlese Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Trockenbeerenauslese Schloss Reichartshausen Kabinett

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