Just a few more days of inactivity on this site and I will end up in Ed's list of Absent Friends, so it is appropriate that I start my comeback with an Aussie wine - an unexpected surprise in the "oh, what the heck" category.An enduring curiousity about Aussie riesling (Ed's fault) led me to experiment with the 2007 Wolf Blass Gold Label Riesling (Adelaide). A very pretty, complex and evolving nose: all floral and peachy at first, later showing green apples, fresh cut grass, papaya, fresh limes - even some late-arriving honeyed-petrol notes. Dry, crisp, steely and minerally, a touch awkward at first but later sorted itself out quite nicely and may have showed better if not paired with sausages - something fishy would have been nicer.
Screwtop 11.5% alcohol
Score: 17/20
Price: C$19.95 (LCBO)
Riesling has been a dominant theme on this site for the past few months, and there's gonna be a LOT more....
And yes, I am still drinking, still writing, but just a little slow with the "publishing" part ... will catch up soon, cheers!
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About time you returned..I was getting fed up of drinking that Barbera every day
Yes, about time!
The last gold label rieslings I tried were probably around 2001/2. I think it is a wine to drink early, while still floral and tart.
Barry, you COULD drink that Barbera every day - it would be good for you, clear some of that spatburgunder out of your system.
Ed, the aging thing was more "thinking out loud" - until recently I have not been aging whites, but I am now dedicating more cellar space to some whites that strike me as ageworthy - we'll see in a few years if I was right.
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