Wine Blogging Wednesday #45 (okay, Thursday): “Old World Riesling” hosted by Tim at Winecast
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We were visited by our friends at Chambers & Chambers yesterday, and got a chance to try a delightful line-up of wines. Having been told that they were bringing by a trio of Provencal budget wines (which we’ll write about another time), we were pleased when they pulled out two German Rieslings, just in time for WBW #45, “Old World Riesling” hosted by Tim at Winecast.net.
In the name of laziness efficiency, we’re just going to write some simple tasting notes on the two wines we tried.
2006 Dr. Weins-Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling-Kabinett
We were told this was from a Grand Cru single vineyard (which, shockingly, you’d never know from the simple and easy to read German wine label…). Fewer than 500 cases of this wine are produced each year. This had some really nice residual sugar, but wasn’t without acidity either. Sort of a best of both worlds situation. Lots of honey on the nose and palate (but not too viscous) and the fruit was white peaches galore, with lemon hitting you at the very end and lingering pleasantly. Only 8.5% alcohol by volume. This could be an excellent brunch wine. It runs about $16 a bottle. We’ll consider bringing this in.
2006 Dr. Loosen Riesling “BA” Beerenauslese 187ml
This Beerenauslese Riesling is pure honey. It’s got a ton of residual sugar (as would be expected) and slight lemon peel on the finish. Smooth and supple, and a pleasure to drink. We didn’t want to spit this out. We’ll definitely consider this for our shelves, though the small bottle size has its pros and cons…it makes this a good price point for those who want to try a BA for the first time ($30 or so, steep per ounce, but reasonable considering the pedigree); but it makes shipping a bit of a challenge. We’ll try and work on this one because this was really a fun wine.
Thanks to Tim for hosting this month’s WBW, and to Lenn for inventing the event many moons ago. If you’re interested in finding either of the wines above, please head over to Wine-Searcher as we don’t yet carry either of them.
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May 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Thanks for posting these notes, Jill. They sound like wines you should carry here. Summary is in the works for the weekend.
Cheers,
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Tim Elliott
Winecast
May 12th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Sounds like you had as much fun with your Riesling as I did on this Wine Blogging Wednesday!