Community Tasting Note

sweetstuff wrote:

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - TN: 1989 Château d'Orschwihr Riesling Vendanges Tardives. Half-bottle purchased at Macarthur's, Washington, DC, in about 2005 for I'd guess $20/375 ml. 13.5 pabv; Langdon Shiverick, Cleveland, OH.

Consumed at the Riesling tasting at Trattoria Stella on St. Patrick's Day 2010, Traverse City, MI.

Orange-gold, with late-harvest viscosity. Full of petrol and dry resin with apricots. Medium-sweet withjuicy acidity, simple fruit, and good length. Unpleasantly petrolly and perhaps a bit oxidized. Very difficult to judge at this stage; at 20 years old, still would need time to develop and well-stored, might surprise to the upside.

Next day, clove, straight bourbon whisky (corn silk); fennel, honey, minerals; obviously improving with time.

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