TNs: Two Rieslings, two white Burgs

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  • 2005 Wegeler Riesling Pure - Germany, Rheingau (11/7/2009)
    12.5% alcohol. Just a delight. Slate and peach on the nose. In the mouth, racy and intense, with excellent concentration and purity. It lives up to its name in that regard. Bright acidity. Long finish. This is fantastic. A-
  • 2007 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (11/7/2009)
    10.5% alcohol. Delightful nose with just a hint of petrol. Slate, flowers, peach, and a touch of dried apricot on the nose. In the mouth, concentrated and bright, with tremendous purity of fruit, bright acidity, and a long finish. Youthful but refreshing and an ideal drinker. A-
  • 2007 Joseph Drouhin St. Véran - France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, St. Véran (11/6/2009)
    13.0% alcohol. Pretty if simple wine, with a nice yellow color. Good bouquet of apple, pear, minerals, and a touch of oak. The nose is translated very well to the mouth, with minerals and good acidity into the mix. Eminently drinkable. An enjoyable wine that provides excellent value. B+
  • 2007 William Fèvre Chablis Champs Royaux - France, Burgundy, Chablis (11/6/2009)
    12.5% alcohol. This is a delightful drink. Youthful and light yellow color. Pretty nose of lemon zest, apple, and quartz. In the mouth, racy and delightfully refreshing, with citrus-laced apple and pear fruit. Bright acidity and mienrality. A strong finish. This is just a terrific wine and value. A-

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Informative TNs here. I find it hard to believe that no-one has commented so far apart from me. Most of my TNs do not draw a response either.
Is there some kind of clique atmosphere here I wonder? Shame if so.

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Bob,

Most certainly there is no anti-Riesling clique - in fact, no predominant clique here at all, as our group is now widely varied. I do know that we have some avid Riesling fans in Izzy Noznik, Diane Elam, and even Saxon to a degree. I’m a mega rookie with Rieslings, so I can’t comment on them accurately, or I risk putting my foot in my mouth.

The events like Berserkerfest 1.5 give me a chance to experience great Rieslings chosen by those who know, and that is what I hope to use to gain more of my own experience and make choices therein.

If nobody has responded, it could simply be that they didn’t see the thread. Izzy might be working, doing doctor stuff, and Diane doesn’t work, so she’s probably just lazy [wink.gif] I’m sure our friend from Germany Martin has something to say, if he’s signed on! We have a LOT of Wine Talk posts each day, so that might have something to do with them not all getting answers/responses, too.

I CAN, however, comment on the Fevre, which I am a fan of, but I’m quite shocked it was opened this early. I’ve been wondering how great the '07’s were, and this is among the first '07 Fevre notes I have read, so it sounds like they are perfectly enjoyable early. I only have Clos of '07, so I might still wait it out.

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After you’ve been off in Riesling/Chablis territory for a while, you come to realize that about 90% to 95% of all wine drinkers [or at least the most vocal ones] are never going to follow you there.

Red wine just dwarfs white wine in both [pseudo-] elitist opinion and in high-end auction sales results.

Be grateful for this, BTW - if Riesling/Chablis/Gruner kinds of wines fetched the prices that they deserved, then most of us couldn’t afford to drink them.

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The '73 (I believe that was the year, perhaps '75) Riesling that Izzy brought to ssam was among the most epic wines I’ve ever had - also, the Donhoff that Christine Huang brought to PDH - that wine is listed in detail somewhere on the forum, and it had universal appeal in a widely varied room of wine drinkers.

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Truer words have never been said/posted/spoken.

I remain gleeful that the red wine snobs refuse to drink rieslings and even more so Gewurztraminer. Imagine what Donnhoff or Weinbach would cost if the point whores all wanted them too?

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Wow, the Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr is quite reasonably priced, according to Wine Searcher…interesting…

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Thanks I appreciate the TNs
I even read the Reislings with interest,
since I want to find some good dry ones
because my wife is turned off on the sweetness aspect.

When its white she thinks bubbles first (oops - me too).

Take care,
Rip

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Kimberly and I are huge fans of German Rieslings, yet lack the funds to play in the upper leagues many of you guys drink from. I do enjoy reading the tasting notes and appreciate them, just often have nothing to add. I like when people indicate what they paid for the wines, as I’m always on the look out for great riesling/whites for around $20 and under to stock up on.

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sooooo true! … hush hush, now …

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It’s probably safe here, they won’t open this thread because it’s about rieslings

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[rofl.gif]

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These wines were all very fairly priced … just the perfect sort of thing to drink all the time. I was surprised at how approachable the Fevre was, too … delightful. Just plain delightful.