Friday Night Tasting Lineup
2010 Heinz Eifel Shine Riesling QbA
A collaboration between Heinz Eifel and his winemaker daughter Anne Eifel-Spohr. "Old World wine in a New World way." High quality, restricted yield grapes, under careful control through the modern, stainless steel winemaking process. The wines are then tasted by a committee of oenologists & sommeliers. Modern Great for the summer. A nice accompaniment to spicy Asian cuisine. Bright, off-dry. Balanced green apple sweetness with crisp acid. Flint, some more tropical pineapple notes, and ripe citrus fruit on the palate. 2010 certainly shows a bit more sweetness, but I think this is still pretty refreshing and will make a nice porch pounder while ice-cold. Residual Sugar at 31 g/L, 8.9 g/L acidity. Total acidity (TA) of a wine is measured assuming all of the acid is tartaric. Typical premium California Chardonnay would be around 5.8 grams / L.
Our Price: 9.57
2009 Duck Pond Riesling
Washington fruit, but vinified in Dundee, Oregon. Duck Pond Cellars is a sister winery to Desert Wind. Peach, apricot, & honeysuckle on the nose. Juicy, tasty, golden apple. Nice fruit. Rich. A little softer acid, but close to palate cleansing, tasty & creamy finish. Sacagawea Vineyard, Wahluke Slope, Columbia Valley, WA. Intense fruit, off dry residual sugar. Serve slightly chilled. No malolactic, fermented in cool stainless steel tanks. Residual Sugar 12.5 g / L, 5.6 g / L acidity. Shallow, rocky, irrigated vineyard. Temperatures range from 14 to 110 degrees. Obviously softer here in terms of acidity, in line with other new world wines.
Our Price: 13.57
2010 St. Urbans-Hof Riesling QBA Estate fruit. Mineral nose, with an applesauce aroma. Pretty fruit (Mosel) - initially quite ripe pear & peach, focused core of more tart apple, and crisp acidity (Saar) - works well as an aperitif and is a great food wine. Mineral, medium length finish. "This features fairly intense savory herbal notes to the firm flavors of white peach and orange zest. Gooseberry and slate accents linger on the finish. Drink now through 2016. 10,000 cases made." - WS. Dreamy with Asian influenced foods... Higher residual sugar than usual, at residual sugar at 40g / L, 11.5 g/L acidity.
Our Price: 14.57
2007 M. Molitor Badstube Riesling Kabinett
Aromas reminiscent of apricot, mango, passion fruit and flint. Lively and juicy with a vibrant, well balanced acidity resulting in a complex and lasting finish. Pair with terrine of venison and goose liver with sauce Cumberland and butter brioche. Marinated tranche of salmon with Asian style rice noodle salad and wasabi sabayon. Nice structure with peach, orange, and slate. Sold out at 23.99 elsewhere. Residual Sugar 31.4 g/ L, 5.7 g/L acidity. From the oldest parcels of a steep, slate site - fresh & fruity, balanced sweetness & acidity. Fermented in large wooden barrels. Try with Kona Kampachi. Pan roasted snapper, green curries.
Our Price: 17.97
