2005 Chardonnay, Weingut Künstler, Rheingau – Not a Burgundy Killer!

Together with the 2005 Chassagne by Olivier Leflaive, I thought it would be a good idea to open a bottle of German Chardonnay from the same vintage. I actually kept a bottle of 05 Künstler Chardonnay from Rheingau precisely for that purpose. A wine that pleased me a few years ago (Here a TN in German from 2009 and here in English from 2006) and for which I had hopes, or for which I wanted at least to check the ageing potential.

Well, to make a long story short.
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This one simply stood no chance against the “real” Burgundy. It seemed already over the top somehow, with overly sweet – kind of like sweet dough- fruit elements that seemed a bit desintegrated from the rest of the wine.
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But it’s not that it was undrinkable, it was just lacking the balance and elegance that emanated from the two Burgundian Chardonnays. With a bit of imagination there was minerality still and even something earthy, but all in all this one’s going downhill.
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But later that evening, we were having a superb 2003 Riesling from Künstler so don’t blame the estate, blame me for having kept that Chardonnay so long and then confront it with Chassagne and Meursault!

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