Inglorious Batards (Noreetuh restaurant, Manhattan, NY): Tasted double blind. This is clearly older Riesling from the Mosel. Nose is sweet with sugar, lime, stones, rock candy. Palate is sweet/sour with lime, good acid, light and airy, delicate. Great cut and light finish. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-16/20.
I guessed 1990 with the acid and decent fruit but then told that these were 1988s which clearly made more sense. We were told that the 2 blinds were from the same year and same producer and I ended up guess Egon Muller and WBK Spatleses, with this being the Scharhofberger, based on some feeling of Saar, something musky. When told they were Loosen I immediately knew this was UW and thought the other to be EP. I think I was the only one at the table who liked this better than the EP - to be it had more grace, even though it was a lighter wine. Although the other wine was bigger and had more power and acid, it lacked the poise, finesse and complexity of the UW. Thanks Matt!
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1/3/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 91 Points
Inglorious Batards (Noreetuh restaurant, Manhattan, NY): Tasted double blind. This is clearly older Riesling from the Mosel. Nose is sweet with sugar, lime, stones, rock candy. Palate is sweet/sour with lime, good acid, light and airy, delicate. Great cut and light finish. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-16/20.
I guessed 1990 with the acid and decent fruit but then told that these were 1988s which clearly made more sense. We were told that the 2 blinds were from the same year and same producer and I ended up guess Egon Muller and WBK Spatleses, with this being the Scharhofberger, based on some feeling of Saar, something musky. When told they were Loosen I immediately knew this was UW and thought the other to be EP. I think I was the only one at the table who liked this better than the EP - to be it had more grace, even though it was a lighter wine. Although the other wine was bigger and had more power and acid, it lacked the poise, finesse and complexity of the UW. Thanks Matt!
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