Community Tasting Note

sweetstuff wrote:

Friday, January 1, 2016 - AP 16 00, 8.5 pabv; Terry Theise; $36.50 after buyer's premium; Leland Little Auctions. (There is an Auction Wine with this same label but different AP number). Cork-finished. Up-textured gold-green, in an Impitoyable. Wonderful aged-botrytis notes with powerful and vivid honeyed apricot, but without a bit of diesel. Still fairly sweet and juicy-tart, underlain by tart-sweet Nahe cherry, raspberry, and bacon fat; at first with some softness mid-palate, and pleasant, integrated finish. After an hour or so open and stoppered in the refrigerator, gets more punch in the middle and gains a nice lime-peel flavor there. Barbara says, 'nectar of the gods'. Ready to drink but many years may be ahead of well-stored bottles. 91/100.

On January 3: warm candle wax with a hint of smoke, and crisp apricot. The wine comes forth as simple but luscious, juicy but fruity, a delight.

My friend Andrew and I made some Confit d'Oie (roast goose potted in its own fat) and what a marvelous flavor to have in the mouth when this dessert wine is sampled! We used the bones to make a demi-glace which will I'm sure appear in future recipes, as well, and give us plenty of experimenting with other Rieslings! (Including the 2000 version of this wine, one of the great accomplishments of that very tough vintage, and which was included in the auction lot with this one.) The Cassoulet I made yesterday from the goose demi-glace and the goose meat, lamb, andoille, and salt pork, couldn't be set off by a more pleasant ending.

Happy New Year!

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