Showing posts with label Wine-Riesling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wine-Riesling. Show all posts

Thursday, October 29, 2009

St. Urbans-Hof Reisling 2007

  • Area: Germany, Mosel
  • Grape: Reisling
  • Alcohol: 10%
  • Rating: Black 92 Dilettante 92 Nwjr 92

Description: Completely diesel free, this reisling has notes of pineapple, citrus and slate. Nicely balanced and dry with a lingering grapefruit finish.

Price: $14


Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Loosen Bros. Dr. L 2007

  • Area: Germany, Mosel
  • Grape: Riesling
  • Alcohol: 8.5%
  • Rating: Black 82 Dilettante 83
Descripton: A diesel nose is followed by a sweet attack of peach and tangerine. Invigorating flavors of lime finish it off.

Price: $9

Monday, April 13, 2009

Keuka Overlook Cellars Johannisberg Riesling 2005

  • Area: New York, Keuka
  • Grape: Johannisberg Reisling
  • Alcohol: 12.9%
  • R/S: 9%
  • Rating: Black 92 Dilettante 92 Nwjr 92
Description: This desert wine is surprisingly crisp and refreshing. Notes of pear, tangerine zest, paeches, and apricots. Clingy in the mouth with a nice amount of glycerine doesn't take away from it's zest. The finish is bold with a note of honey.

Price: $11 excellent value

Note: Great with roquefort. Only available directly from the winery.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Urban Riesling 2007

  • Area: Germany, Mosel
  • Grape: Riesling
  • Alcohol: 10%
  • Rating: Black 89 Dilettante 89 Nwjr 89
Description: Aromas of gasoline, pineapple and slate. Alluring flavors of lemony citrus, pineapple, black current and slate are held together by a glycerin base. The lingering finish has a pleasant back of the tongue tangyness. We liked this wine (and its price) so much, I picked up another bottle the other day.

Price: $8 An excellent value.

Food: Great with Snapper Provincial (sans olives)

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Studert Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese Riesling 2003

  • Area: Germany, Mosel
  • Grape: Riesling Spatlese
  • Alcohol: 9%
  • Rating: Black 92, Dilettante 94, Nwjr 93
Description: Pineapple, gasoline and minerals make up the nose. The attack is sweet and loaded with pineapple and citrus. Thick and syrupy in the mouth with flavors of bitter oranges, grapefruit, nectarine and apricot. It finishes dry with a green apple tartness. This heavy white attacks sweet, morphs into sour then finishes dry. Black said, "it's a fruit cocktail. Hmmm, there has to be a cherry in there somewhere." We loved this heavy and complex white. Great with blue cheese, turkey and Chinese. Best served slightly cooler.

Price: $17

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Loenard Kreusch Zeller Schwarze Katz Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Also known as Black Cat

  • Area: Germany, Mosul River
  • Grape: Reisling
  • Alcohol: 9%
  • Rating: Black 85, Dilettante 87


Description: Pale yellow in color with a light, citrus nose. This wine has lively fruit with elements of grapefruit, pineapple and peach. In the mouth it's medium dry with a light effervescence. It's a nice summer white.

Price: $10

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Hermann J. Wiemer Dry Riesling 2006

  • Area: New York, Finger Lakes, Seneca
  • Grape: Riesling
  • Alcohol: 12.7%
  • Rating: Black; 89 Dilettante; 90 NWJR; 95
Description: The nose is a fruity combination of pineapple, green apple and citrus. In the mouth its soft and lush. Flavors of grapefruit, pineapple and citrus are accented by a very light sweetness with enough acidity to give it interest. All this is orchestrated into a glorious balance of flavor and body. NWJR: "This is one of my two most favored Rieslings."

Food Pairing: This pairs perfectly with spicy hot Asian food