2004 13th Street Riesling

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  12/31/2012 - owr Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Not sure how a bottle of 13th Street Riesling got lost in the cellar, let alone a bottle of 2004, but it did and now I find myself popping the cork on a snowy Saturday in late December. Not exactly the wine you would associate with pizza for dinner - but as it turns out the wine was picked before dinner was fully established ... as it turned out we decided to make a pizza delivery guy work (and drive in the snow) than moving ourselves to the kitchen and doing some work ourselves. As for the wine: I have to admit I was a little leery of the bottle because it had a super-saturated cork (at least three-quarters of the way up and was leaking - or at least the foil capsule was tough to pry off the top of the bottle. We deemed it okay to drink and then the fun started. There were hints of petrol on the nose and the finish was quite dry - even though the bottle declared it to be a semi-dry wine. The flavours were the most telling with citrus, in the form of lime, poached pears, honeyed peaches and apricots which all make an appearance on the mid-palate before the sweet and sour sensation of bruised green apple took over the finish. This was a lovely wine and showed great longevity (8 years) - especially for a wine with a leaky cork. Lost & Found Rating: Treasure

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