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staglet_5

All that lovely wine

Mar 09, 2010 20:42

I have finally got to drink those lovely wines that were won back in 2008. Two weeks last Sunday I went down to my old boss in Dorchester at his home outside of Bridport to partake of these iconic wines and some top-notch food too.

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bobbsy March 10 2010, 07:58:41 UTC

Dang you, Batgirl. I am SOOOOOO jealous! Sounds like a great evening!

(At the other end of the spectrum, tried my first couple of bottles of 2009 picking Aussie late harvest Riesling the other night. Seems like a very good year to me--lots of fruit and floral notes which suits my palate down to the ground.)

staglet_5 March 10 2010, 10:53:53 UTC

I won't mention the evening a couple of weeks back tasting wines with Dr Ernie Loosen, the great German winemaker then. The man himself is just as much a spectacle as his wines - ebullient, articulate, enthusiastic, and very humourous. His Rieslings are to die for, they're so fresh and well balanced, despite the levels of residual sugar. Even more interestingly, vines from the middle Mosel have escaped the scourge that is Phyloxerra, and so I got the chance to drink wines from vines that were either 100 years old, or from ungrafted vines ( ... )

bobbsy March 10 2010, 12:05:19 UTC

Very interesting point that. Tasting that 2009 Riesling I mentioned, we were comparing it to the 2007 from the same vinyard. Guess what? Petrol and not many aromatics!

You don't need to recommend Botrytis rieslings to me twice! My present sticky of choice is an Aussie botrytis riesling--sweet as nectar but still fresh and balanced as you say--and, down here, only $15 a half bottle.