Rizza and Bangers

An echo of the earlier Riesling tasting on Wednesday of this week gave me an opportunity to have a second look at most of the wines I saw there and also try some others that I missed in the rush

• 2016 Wittmann Riesling Estate Dry

  Germany, Rheinhessen

  Green apple and a little sulphur, slate, little dusty floral notes. Juicy, a little sulphur, green apple.

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• 2014 Ansgar Clüsserath Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Slight sulphur, apple, slight cream, peach. A little spritz, apple fruit, slight spice - ginger and cinnamon - fresh, acidity, long, nice, fruity

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• 2015 Paul Blanck Riesling

  France, Alsace

  Slight lime, sulphur, earthy citrus, juicy, slight lime, very citric in fact. Perhaps a little short.

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• 2010 Paul Blanck Riesling Rosenbourg

  France, Alsace

  Crystallised lime and lime pith, tight, tart, sharp. Time required but not for me.

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• 2016 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Terrassen Kamptal

  Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

  Slight herbaceous over citrus, slight crushed rock. Tight, juicy tending to tartness, citrus. Hmm lacks weight for me for an Austrian Riesling…which isn't really a bad thing…

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• 2016 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling Lyra 1ÖTW Reserve Ried Heiligenstein

  Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal

  Perfumed lime and lemon, cool, stony minerality. Juicy, tart but with a little more breadth than the Kamptaler Terrassen. More lemon than on the palate but savoury and backed by lees. Travels long.

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• 2017 Frankland Estate Riesling

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Great Southern

  Limes under apples & pears. Slight lees. Juicy, tight, tart, green apples and a little unripe pear. Medium length.

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• 2016 Frankland Estate Riesling Isolation Ridge Vineyard

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Frankland River

  Savoury, slight struck match, wild ferment, slightly yoghurty lees more than fruit on the nose though there are lime and apple notes. In the mouth it's juicy, tangy and mineral. Quite structured and long.

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• 2016 Georg Breuer Riesling Estate Rüdesheim

  Germany, Rheingau

  Citrus tang with apples and slightly dusty spice. Juicy acidity with a little residual sugar…it's a bit meh though, for me.

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• 2016 A. Christmann Riesling

  Germany, Pfalz

  high toned, quite citrus, green apples. Cool minerals notes. Slightly spritzy, savoury, perhaps, for me, a little soft

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• 2016 A. Christmann Ruppertsberger Riesling

  Germany, Pfalz

  Rich, peachy, ripe but fresh. Again the acidity is a little lacking but his is very pleasant if not a little young. Travels long, quite tangy. Good

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• 2016 Gunderloch Nierstein Riesling Trocken

  Germany, Rheinhessen

  Lime, apple, mineral Juicy, mineral on the palate as well with slight spritzy, young though. Needs time. And that lack of fruit on the palate is a concern.

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• 2016 Gunderloch Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Rheinhessen

  Medium minus intensity aromas of apples, crushed stone backed by slight struck match and woody floral notes. Off dry sweetness up front but juicy with apples and pear married to slaty notes and a bit of mid palate grip. Good.

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• 2016 Loosen Bros. Riesling Dr. L

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  smells a little sulphurous and sharp, touches of green apple, citrus and struck match. On the palate it's bone dry, juicy, a little sharp, tight in fact and a little short.

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• 2016 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  slightly earthy with peaches, struck flint notes. Off dry, tangy, quite spiced with more green apple here. Medium plus length, kind of nice.

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• 2016 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling Schieferterrassen

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Wild ferment, lees funk, savoury, bacon fat over apple. More of the same on the palate with slight spritz. Tangy and lovely

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• 2016 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Hatzenporter Kirchberg Riesling

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Again wild ferment and leesy funk are present but the fruit is a little bolder offering apples, floral top notes and earthy spice. Also a fair mineral element. Juicy, fleshy, long, really very good indeed. Beautifully balanced. Great

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• 2016 Dönnhoff Riesling

  Germany, Nahe

  A little bland, perhaps, with citrus and apple but a little more ripeness here and backed by touches of slate. Quite spritzy, tangy, tight with plenty of lees contact I'm guessing.

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• 2015 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Nahe

  Ripe apple, custard apple in fact, juicy, tangy, spiced and fruity, perfectly balanced though still young. Long. Very good.

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• 2015 Georg Breuer Riesling Auslese

  Germany, Rheingau

  From half bottle. Peaches, cream, touches of apple with hints of strudel as well. Great nose. Rich, generous and unctuous on the palate, juicy acidity offset the sugar levels near perfectly - well balanced. Perhaps it is a little simple but this is very nice.

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Another exceedingly pleasant Riesling tasting…The Heymann Lowenstein wines increasingly impress...