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lauraanne_gilmanMy favorite uppity wine store (it's wonderfully stocked but ALL high-end and NYC sleek) had a special riesling tasting tonight, billed as "The Legends of Germany," featuring either the wine-maker or American representative of the same. Damn straight I was there!
What? It was Research!
(amusingly enough, I'm starting to run into the same people at these tastings. "You're the writer! How's the book going?")
Anyway, for my own notes and in case anyone else is interested, my personal highlights, as follows:
2006 Schafer-Frohlich Grosses Gewachs Monzinger Halenberg -- lemon and slate, surprisingly fruity. $54 The other two pours they had weren't as balanced as they should have been (IMHO) for that price range. They were also pouring an unlisted Kabinett from 2007 that made me want to hug the bottle.
1993 Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Spatlesen -- Dorothee Zilliken said that if they were bottling this today it would be a Kabinett, not a Spatlesen. Nicely dry without losing any of the fruit. Probably my favorite of the night (the 2005 and 2006 Zilikens were very nice too, although the 2006 was too sweet for my taste) $28-34 (I enjoyed talking to Dorothee, who is a wonderful ambassador for the vineyard, and got her contact info for *cough* further follow-up).
2006 Monschoff Reisling Estate -- a really nice, clean, easy drinking without being insipid riesling -- a bargain at $16!
2006 Monchoff Erdner Pralat Auslese. I'm not much for dessert wines that aren't stickies, but this was a definite yum. Honey and lychee and all-around pretty. $49. Monchoff also makes a sparkling that I'm goig to have to keep my eye out for.
Interestingly enough, I didn't enjoy anything from Karthauserhof, although the '81 Spatlese was interesting in an "I can tell that craft went into this" way.
14 wines were being poured, which is nothing compared to what I used to taste at the old job during a training meeting, but by around #10 I needed to take a break and rest my taste buds. For some reason, they keep pouring me more than the usual tasting-measure... *has innocence*
What? It was Research!
(amusingly enough, I'm starting to run into the same people at these tastings. "You're the writer! How's the book going?")
Anyway, for my own notes and in case anyone else is interested, my personal highlights, as follows:
2006 Schafer-Frohlich Grosses Gewachs Monzinger Halenberg -- lemon and slate, surprisingly fruity. $54 The other two pours they had weren't as balanced as they should have been (IMHO) for that price range. They were also pouring an unlisted Kabinett from 2007 that made me want to hug the bottle.
1993 Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Spatlesen -- Dorothee Zilliken said that if they were bottling this today it would be a Kabinett, not a Spatlesen. Nicely dry without losing any of the fruit. Probably my favorite of the night (the 2005 and 2006 Zilikens were very nice too, although the 2006 was too sweet for my taste) $28-34 (I enjoyed talking to Dorothee, who is a wonderful ambassador for the vineyard, and got her contact info for *cough* further follow-up).
2006 Monschoff Reisling Estate -- a really nice, clean, easy drinking without being insipid riesling -- a bargain at $16!
2006 Monchoff Erdner Pralat Auslese. I'm not much for dessert wines that aren't stickies, but this was a definite yum. Honey and lychee and all-around pretty. $49. Monchoff also makes a sparkling that I'm goig to have to keep my eye out for.
Interestingly enough, I didn't enjoy anything from Karthauserhof, although the '81 Spatlese was interesting in an "I can tell that craft went into this" way.
14 wines were being poured, which is nothing compared to what I used to taste at the old job during a training meeting, but by around #10 I needed to take a break and rest my taste buds. For some reason, they keep pouring me more than the usual tasting-measure... *has innocence*
