Im WEINWISSER 10/2010 bewertet Stephan Reinhardt unseren APOTHEKE Riesling trocken mit 18/20 Punkten und zählt ihn damit zu den
besten trockenen Weinen der Mosel.

 
2009 Ansgar Clüsserath Riesling Trocken Steinreich

87 points
Drink: 2010-2013

While Clüsserath’s bone dry “Vom Schiefer” bottling was slightly austere and simple, her 2009 Riesling trocken Steinreich – hailing from Trittenheimer Apotheke and Dhroner Hofberger – is more intriguing and satisfyingly sappy. Raw pumpkin or winter squash, fresh apple, and faintly smoky crushed stone notes in the nose lead to a juicy palate performance undergirded by palpable extract and with a satisfying sense of lift and refreshment. Despite late harvest, the wine finished – as had last year’s more focused version – at a modest 11.5% alcohol. I would plan to enjoy it over the next 2-3 years.

2009 Ansgar Clüsserath Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling Feinherb

89 points

An Ansgar Clüsserath 2009 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling feinherb smells of grapefruit, Persian melon, and smoky, faintly fusil intimations of crushed stone. More forward and juicy even than the corresponding Apotheke, it brims with grapefruit, apple, melon, and nut oils, its glossy texture complimenting an overall sense of generosity that also extends to a refreshing, stone-kissed finish. This 10% alcohol, virtually dry Riesling ought to prove a versatile delight over at least the next half dozen years and probably well beyond.

2009 Ansgar Clüsserath Riesling Trocken Vom Schiefer

85 points

Also recommended, but no tasting note given.

Eva Clusserath – for more about the recent and significant evolution of whose family estate consult in particular my report in issue 187 – adjudged the quality of her 2009 grapes “super” and did not pick the last of them until mid-November. No bottling took place until June, but several wines had only recently or not even finished fermenting by then and so were bottled at the end of the summer. (Unfortunately, Eva Clüsserath forgot to bring a bottle of this year’s Auslese – picked out from various parcels in the Apotheke – to our tasting in Rheinhessen chez Clüsserath & Wittmann; and as one thing led to another in the course of an extremely tight schedule, I was subsequently unable to connect-up with a bottle.)

2009 Ansgar Clusserath Riesling Kabinett Trittenheimer Apotheke

90 points
Drink: 2010-2015

Fusil and faintly fermentative notes shadow aromas of clover, honeysuckle, and apple on the nose of Eva Clusserath’s 2009 Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Kabinett. Delicately delicious, with a sprightly interplay of stony, saline, floral, and ripely fruity flavors informing a lip-smackingly irresistible finish, this excellent value ought to be well worth following for 15 or more years, and indeed will, I suspect, be more expressive in 3-5.

David Schildknecht (December, 2010)