We drank this bottle of 2003 Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese by Willi Schaefer as a nightcap the other day. Yes, there are plenty of good occasion for drinking a sweet Riesling and a nightcap is certainly one of the better.
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Low alcohol and ripe fruit are definitely a good last reward for a hard day of work. Read the rest of this entry »
The fourth and last magnum of our New Year’s day gathering has a label that provokes clear expectations. A stone-wine, a mineral-loaded elixir is also what probably anyone who speaks German instantly thinks of when he sees that the wine is named “Steinreich“, which translates to “rich in stones” (“empire of stones” would be another possible translation). According to the Ansgar Clüsserath estate who made the wine, the name should recall the soil of the famous Trittenheimer Apotheke site where the vines stand on masses of blue slate and rocks. The winemaker in charge is Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann, the daughter of the estate, who interestingly is married to Rheinhessen-winemaker Philipp Wittmann. On that night, this dry Mosel-Wine had to compete directly with the Van Volxem Alte Reben, the Riesling from the nearby Saar river we popped open just before. Not easy. Read the rest of this entry »
Just a day after that VDP wine auction for the Rheingau region, I returned to Kloster Eberbach for the big public presentation of 2010 Great Growth wines of all VDP member estates. Since I missed previous opportunities to taste these wines, I was more than happy to attend this brilliant event.
The 2010 vintage didn’t have an easy start as numerous media already condemned it as a sour (white) wine vintage at a time when harvest wasn’t even fully brought in. And it’s true that for many of the estate’s basic Rieslings, qualities are rather heterogenous. For the Great Growths however, I read more and more opinons that are highly praising this new vintage, even putting it above last year’s great success. Read the rest of this entry »
Es wurde schon einiges gesagt und geschrieben über den deutschen Weinjahrgang 2010. Es sei ein schwieriges Jahr gewesen; für die Winzer eine Herausforderung wie sie es bisher noch nie erlebt haben. Manche Stimmen stempelten 2010 gar als “Arschjahr” ab, was für viel Wirbel und Diskussion sorgte.
Nun hatte ich selbst die Gelegenheit mal in den Jahrgang reinzuschnuppern, und es gibt in der Tat einiges zu sagen. Aber wenn eines sicher ist, dann, dass man wohl kein pauschales Urteil fällen kann. Ganz bestimmt ähneln sich viele Weine in Ihrer Reife, doch es gibt genügend Unterschiede vor allem wenn man Rebsorten und Qualitäten vergleicht. Und das Wort Arschjahr kann man wohl am eheseten im Zusammenhang mit der geringen Erntemenge und dem hohen Aufwand verwenden, den viele Winzer betreiben mussten um die Ernte zu meistern. Read the rest of this entry »
Die charmante Aurélia von Busurleweb, irgendwie das weibliche und kanadische Pendant zu Gary Vaynerchuck, hat dieses mal einen deutschen Riesling vom St. Urbans-Hof gekostet. Einfach bezaubernd wie sie den Wein auf französisch entdeckt und mit welch Faszination. Nur, dass sie den Schwefel in deutschen Weinen fürchtet kann ich nicht nachvollziehen.
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After the party comes the afterparty, and after the food and wine presentations at OFF comes the wine degustation at home, between chefs, food lovers and bloggers.
And since our thirst had grown during the day, it was good that there were a few bottles standing around. Of course, my deed was to bring some Rieslings from Germany and represent to a certain extent my country, also knowing that these wines are basically unavailable in France.
We started off with some Ulysse Colin Champagne. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut is dry to the bone, but still with a delicious fresh minerality: what a nice way to rehydrate your body. Then as a contrast, a Riesling from Read the rest of this entry »
