2011 Giesen Riesling

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Cesayian's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/26/2013 - Cesayian wrote: 88 Points

  Taste of Apples and lime. Mild nose.
  Fine accompaniment to a fresh salad ad salmon.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View owr's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/18/2012 - owr Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I first tasted this wine at the New Zealand tasting event in Toronto, and I really liked it, giving it 4+ stars out of 5. Now that I have bought and tried an entire bottle I can safely say that yes, I still like it - but now have more to say about it. The nose is talc, green apple and limeade which is very appealing. The palate is a mix of green and delicious apples - with a hint of Fuji thrown in for good measure; there's also a great lemonade note along with a mango finish. It seamlessly blends the sweet and the tart so that you constantly get a different take with each sip, plus there's a lovely mineral note to the wine that appears with each sip. As the wine warms in the glass the sweet starts to dominate, I guess the tartness is brought on by the chill ... but at 10.5% alcohol this one can easily be consumed while it is still chilled with little to no difficulty - and with very little headache at the end.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.