Nine Rieslings, Mostly Dry, with Seven DC Doods
DeeCee Columbia Heights
Tasted Thursday, March 16, 2023 by CPSchoeff with 99 views
Introduction
Went with the best white grape ever for this months roundup with two new Berserkers adding to the mix of local wine loving friends.
The blind tasting was overseen by our benevolent three year old dictator, who graciously allowed us to talk wine while he watched hamsters on YouTube. Occasionally interjecting to demand a new video, he mostly left us to enjoy the wines.
All six of the dry wines were dumped into generic carafes and through a mildly complicated system all tasters were at least single blind. Unlike other tastings where some wines have been less exciting, the general sense here was that everyone would have been very happy drinking every single one of these wines. The general level was fantastic in my view.
Conversational highlights included endives as multipurpose tools (shovel, towel) and bike racing team internal cancel culture.
2021 Desire Lines Riesling Experimental Series #10: Old Durney Massa 90 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Carmel Valley
Pale straw color. Initially quite shy on the nose, this eventually opened to show white florals and lime o the nose. A very clean and linear wine with some lemon/lime citrus and a bright refreshing finish. Seems this one could use some time to find its full expression.
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2012 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "L" Laubach 93 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Golden color. A: intense petrol and smoke with ripe apple. F: big on entry, waxy texture ripe orchard fruits, moves to smoke and rocks with a long finish that could possibly use a touch more acid. #2 for me
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2019 Sabelli-Frisch Riesling Obie Curtis Vineyard 90 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley
Gold. Bit closed down aromatics but eventually yields some tropical fruit and toast. Palate is rich, with barrel notes of caramel and vanilla on top of some ripe nearly red fruit notes. Acid is sneaky here as it is not in the forefront but surely is there give. The overall balance of the wine.
This was quite divisive in a bunch of dry rieslings, but several of the group remarked on how much they liked it on its own… as “really very good white wine”… as sentiment I would agree with. If looking for German kabinett, do not come here!
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2016 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "L" Laubach 92 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Light gold. Pineapple and coconut and floral nose. Really intense and lots of extract on palate with yellow orchard fruit and a long satisfying finish. My lowest of the three Laubach this time, but all were excellent.
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2015 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "L" Laubach 94 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Light gold. Lots of petrol and something earthy/mushroom/meaty…and a fresh spring stream and white flowers also mixed in somehow. This shows both the power and presence of the other Laubachs but weaves in loads of mineral citrus cut and that crystalline mandarin fruit that I love in Riesling. A real beauty.
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2019 Hermann J. Wiemer Dry Riesling 93 Points
USA, New York, Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake
Pale straw color. Soaring mineral and white floral components on the nose. Bright, energetic, refreshing mineral, crystal clear mandarin, some ripe green apple, and a persistent finish. Really surprisingly good amongst some strong German competition in this blind tasting… especially good value.
This was opened and dumped into a carafe about two hours prior to tasting.
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