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- tabatha - 03-15-2008
I have a german 1983 nicolay and c.h. berres Riesling (Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling spatlese). I can't find it anywhere on the internet and I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing. If any one knows about this wine or how to find out about it, Please let me know. Thanks, Tabatha.
- wineguruchgo - 03-15-2008
Look on the label and find out which region the wine is from. If it's from the Rhine it's questionable, if it's from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer then you might have a nice bottle.
This, of course, also depends on how it was stored. If it has been in a warm place for all this time it's probably dead. If it was stored, on it's side, in a cool place you might be ok.
You just have to open it to find out. Pour it into a glass and look at it and smell it. I would think by this time it would have a nice, honeyed color.
- wondersofwine - 03-15-2008
Urzig is a village on the Mosel so it will be from that region. A spatlese from 1983 may be in decline or gone but you never know. I would be more encouraging if it was an Auslese or TBA. Wurze is the German word for spices so Wurzgarten means "spice garden." The wine may still retain some spiciness as well as mature fruit.
- TheEngineer - 03-16-2008
The 83 vintage in Mosel was apparently a pretty good one so there is a chance that your (if stored reasonably) might still be alive. Having said that, if you've never tasted a mature riesling, it may not be to your liking. A lot of the sugar will have subsided and there will be a large petrol nose (which is exactly what Riesling nuts look for). Also looked for the producer as it was not familiar and found out something. Not sure if this is useful to you but, wow....a little bit of history from the website:
http://www.pauly-bergweiler.com/e/History/body_history.html
Looks like it has some relations to Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler but not entirely sure still how.
"The wine-growing estate Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler
The wine villages on the Mosel River are strung along its banks like precious stones on a chain. The most famous of these worldwide is surely Bernkastel, the picturesque small town on the middle Mosel, whose wines were already praised for special quality in an official document way back in the 12th century.
Known far beyond the Mosel are also the vineyards and wines of Wehlen, Graach, Zeltingen, Ãœrzig, Erden and - southwesterly - Brauneberg.
...
Two wine-growing estates under one roof in Bernkastel possess vineyards throughout the Mosel River Valley, many of which are in the "best of the best" locations such as Bernkasteler alte Badstube am Doctorberg, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Graacher and Zeltinger Himmelreich, Ürziger Würzgarten and Goldwingert, Erdener Treppchen and Prälat, Brauneberger Juffer and Juffer-Sonnenuhr .
The two wine-growing estates,
"Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler" and "Peter Nicolay", are owned by Dr. Peter Pauly and his wife Helga, both of whom are traditional advocates of noble wines.
......In most years, the Riesling wines range from hearty, juicy table wines in sharp or fruity versions up to the noble Trockenbeerauslese (wine made from dry overripe individually selected berries) and the rare Eiswein (ice wine, made from berries frozen by frost) both of which are rich, luscious sweet wines, often attracting the highest bids at top wine auctions.
.....
Dr. Peter Pauly, born in 1939, has a Ph. D. in agricultural science and is the Offspring of the longstanding wine families Bergweiler and Prüm, first mentioned in official records in 1156. Although born in Essen, in his formative years Dr. Pauly's mentors included Christian Labonte and Josef Staab, famed domain counsels at Schloss Johannisberg in the Rheingau.
Dr. Pauly's grandfather, Zacharias Bergweiler, was for many decades
one of the most respected wine-growers on the Mosel. It was the grandfather's wine estate which Dr. Pauly took over while still a student, subsequently completing his doctorate and writing a thesis on the economic opportunities offered by the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer wine-growing region.
Helga Pauly, married to Dr. Peter Pauly in 1971, stems from the long established wine-growing family Berres in Ãœrzig, where she owned the Peter Nicolay wine estate.
This estate, under the direction of Carl Hubert Berres, had once been one of the greatest competitors of the house of Bergweiler (even though both Mosel patriarchs had also been close friends). Helga Berres already took on responsibility at an early age, and this made it easier for her to manage a healthy business after the later, difficult division of the testamentary estate among a large family. It also helped to enable the subsequent integration of the Peter Nicolay estate into the joint wine estate with Dr. Peter Pauly. Two wine estates thus became one.
When one now approaches the Dr.Pauly-Bergweiler estate in Bernkastel from Trier, the first thing one sees on the right side - behind the wrought-iron entrance gate and the forecourt - is the stately former winepress house of the royal elector (Kurfürst). This mansion belongs to the estate and, together with is splendid baroque hall as the center of activity, is used for prestigious events.
For Dr. Pauly and his winemaker and superintendent since 1973, Edmund Licht, the essential objective is to maintain intact, that which nature gives.
....The son, Stefan (born 1977), indicated early that he has the same enthusiasm as his parents for wine-growing. The daughter, Ulrike, although a young mother at the moment, is indispensable in the administration of the estate.
The estate of Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler thus looks forward into a long future. "
- wondersofwine - 03-17-2008
Mike,
I've enjoyed some Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler wines in the past but didn't know any of the history. Thanks for the info.