2005 Fielding Estate Winery Riesling Reserve Rosomel Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88 points

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  12/31/2012 - owr wrote: 87 Points

  (Re-Tasted December 2012) ... August 2007 doesn't seem that far away to me, not sure why, but in truth it was over 5 years ago that I tried this wine, loved it then - was pleasantly surprised by it now. Most of the 2005 Rieslings I have tried years later have been loaded with petrol - as if I were drinking them right next to the autobahn - this was and is because 2005 was a hot year and the Riesling grape does not like weather like that. So when I opened this bottle I was expecting lots of gas ... and the truth of the matter is that it did have plenty of petrol notes, but they were just that, notes, hints if you will, it is what carried the nose but the palate was much different. Palate was lightly petrol-ed with a whack of green apple on the mid-palate. There was also a lovely hint of sweetness on the lingering finish and the more you tasted the wine it seemed that delicious apple and pear puree emerge from the light smear of petrol that coated everything. The petrol note did continue on the nose but it diminished with some time while the palate seemed to get sweeter with delicious apple dominating more than any other flavour. Very impressive and very delicious. Not sure I would hold this much longer but it might have a few more years left in it.

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  9/13/2006 - PatrickinKW wrote: 89 Points

  One of the best Niagara Rieslings with a fruit forward core, good acidity, and wet stone. This years vintage seems more off dry than last. Nicely balanced, well made.

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