Thai lunch

big Thai lunch at Ben and Estella's...various lovely starters and then for the mains it was Pork hock poached in masterstock then deep fried with a coconut/caramel dressing and a hot & sour sauce, Coconut braised beef shin with a hot and sour salad and lamb shank red curry...bit of rice as well

• 2004 Louis Sipp Riesling Osterberg

  France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru

  Medium minus intensity aromas are savoury, slightly rocky minerality, very slight petrol, herbaceous, a little citric note. Juicy, textured grip, muted fruit; very slight lemon, a little glycerol, slight alcohol on the finish. Perhaps a little tired?

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• 1983 Trimbach Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives

  France, Alsace

  Honey, caramel, slight lychee, waxy notes. Juicy, tangy, toffee, off-dry, honey, slight bitter on the finish with a little non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Sliding rapidly to full tertiary, very happy I've opened this with chums now.

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• 2012 Grosset Riesling Alea

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

  Low intensity aromas of slight petrol, lemon, lime and slight apple. Medium plus intensity acidity, slight residual sugar, tangy with a textured burr to the mid palate, medium minus intensity flavours…overall this is quite muted. Disappointing

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• 2019 Dry River Gewürztraminer Lovat Vineyard

  New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough

  Massive lychee, rose petal, Turkish delight. Juicy, probable smidge of residual sugar, tastes like it smells. Wonderful by itself and shines with the food.

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• 2007 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Riesling Kabinett

  Germany, Nahe

  As per earlier notes, peach fruit, pretty, yum - with the food the slight lack of balance is not so problematic

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• 2013 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Riesling trocken Rheingau

  Germany, Rheingau

  Medium minus intensity aromas of a little peach and citrus, clean, simple. Medium plus intensity acidity, tight textured grip, muted stone fruit, quite simple on the palate as well. Hmm.

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• 2018 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 8

  Australia, South Australia

  Kerosene, green apple, lime. Juicy, off-dry, same flavour profile as the nose but no kerosene, long, nice especially with food.

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• 2020 Hugel Gentil "Hugel"

  France, Alsace

  Pretty, musky, grapey, a little lychee, generic citrus, floral elements. Nice nose. Juicy, equally nice on the palate, fleshy, fresh, beautifully balanced but doesn't really work with these dishes for me.

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• 2015 Van Volxem Riesling Alte Reben

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  Initially very slight kerosene, peachy, ripe apple, smells 'fat' and generous. And so it proves on the palate, juicy, fleshy, lovely. An evaporating wine.

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• 2016 Dopff au Moulin Riesling Schoenenbourg

  France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru

  Stone fruit, peach, orange, slight lemon, mandarin. Juicy straying to medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy and generous with a little fattiness to the mid palate enhanced by a leesy burr. Similar flavour profile to the nose. Yum.

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• 2021 Arfion Gewürztraminer Smokestack Lightning

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  On the nose there is some lychee, sour cider and a lot of wood glue but in the mouth this is pretty awful stuff: I can imagine it might have been okay when it was first bottled but this is already on the descent to sour oxidised cider

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A lot of fun...my favourites of the day were probably the Dry River Gewurz, the Dopff Grand Cru, the Van Volxem, Rieslingfreak no. 8 and the Schaefer Frohlich...lots of lovely food as well...it was a positive waddle to the train station afterwards...