Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Cellar Raid: Riesling (Extra Space, Singapore): Excellent. Colour was still a youthful green-gold, but the nose was starting to show some lovely complexity. Lots of chalky mineral, earthy mushrooms, almost a little truffly here and there, plenty of deep honey scents, nectar and a healthy dose of petrol. Really attractive, but almost in a serious rather than playful way. Plenty of aged complexity was starting to show on the palate as. Just a little heat at the edges I thought, but this had lovely depth, fine balance and really nice flavours of kumquat, limes and some savoury earth tones, all underlined by a nice streak of stony mineral. This was dry all the way, a world of a difference from the other Alsace Riesling, which was a far fruitier Paul Blanck Furstentum. I think this wine just had that extra edge of precision and definition though. Some may find it a little austere, but it was just starting to integrate and open up nicely, and clearly has the good bones and well-knit flesh of a top vintage. While drinkable now, I would give it 3-4 more years in the bottle to make sure, and I think it will probably go on developing for a long time. Very nice, and would have been even better with a well-paired meal I think.

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