Germany does some great wine, unfortunately they keep a lot of it. This is one that got out and is over in the UK.
Subtle on all fronts, delicate with soft blossom aromas and a taste of white peach. It’s not in your face with multiple aromas or flavours, it’s just delightful.
Fritz Haag trocken Riesling Braunebergee 2018
Sweet, unaspirating and dumped over here was what German wines reputation was in the 1970’s and 80’s. Black Tower has a lot to answer for,t this is great because it means that there’s all these fantastic wines out there from Germany no one knows about. A little bit of investigation and you get a gem, this is one of them, esp as this stuck in someone’s garage for 8 years it’s amazing.
Made with the Silvaner grape it’s a lovely light gold colour. It’s a medium sweet wine with good acidity and flavours. There are aromas of ripe citrus, almost stewed and honey. Flavours come out a bit lighter but do hang around the mouth for a while. That said, don’t pour a large glass as the flavours evaporate from the glass quite quickly, I put this down to it being 10 years old.
I really like this as a sip and savor wine. It went well with bread, hommus and ripe cheese though. It’s about EUR6 a bottle for younger vintages which is great value, just try it earlier than at 10 years old.
Volkacher Kirchberg Silvaner Trocken 2009
The biggest problem we have in UK with German wine is getting the good stuff. Most of the time it is kept in Germany. Once you find a good stockist you’ll find some absolute gems. From crisp dry rieslings to luscious sweet dessert wines.
This particular wine is dry with aromas of green apple, blossom and flavours that include honeysuckle, white pepper, unripened citrus and a mineral/flinty finish. That’s a lot of acidity but with the light texture it’s rather good.
The only issue I have is with the price, at about Eur20 a bottle it’s not cheap but then again this is German wine so you have to expect the good stuff is expensive.
Castell Schlossberg Silvaner from Germany