Lidl, Feinherb Klusserather, St Michael, Riesling, Model, Germany
I’ve said it before that supermarkets like Lidl sell decent wine at excellent prices and this Riesling from the Model, Germany shows it. At £5 a bottle it’s great value. A medium white wine with lots freshness, light aromas and flavours of apple, pear, lychee, melon, ripe pineapple and peach. Lots there, although quite subtle and great freshness.
It’s a great easy drinking wine on its own or with Asian food.
Germany makes great Riesling and this Riesling Spatlese from Dr Hermann is a great example. 13 years on and its wonderful, amazing, fabulous. Its good in other words.
There are aromas and flavours of honey, blossom, ripe tropical fruits and hints of spice and minerals. A rich yellow in colour and a little heavier in weight than many Rieslings this is a delicious, magical wine.
We tried to have this with a chinese meal but drank it far before the meal was ready. At £12 a bottle its amazing value too.
Dr Hermann, Urziger Wurzgarten, Riesling, Spatlese, 2007, Germany
Dr Losen Is one Germany’s big but excellent producers, especially of Riesling. Even the off blue colour of the bottle and crisp label say class. I like to taste wine blind so you are not influenced by the label but in this case, who cares. Aromas of lychee and citrus with hints of petroleum. The taste is refreshing with fresh mineral notes coming through and lime popping out. The length is excellent and the underlying sweetness is beautifully integrated.
Dr Losen, Slate Hill, Riesling, 2016, Mosel, Germany
Reichsrat von Buhl know a bit about making Riesling, they made enough of it over the years and rather well. This 2018 bone dry rosé is pretty good, made with Pinot Noir it’s dry. Amazing colour draws you in and there are aromas of strawberries, redcurrant and a creaminess in there, a bit of cream soda. The dryness gets you on the flavour, masking the redfruits which are pushed back, they are there but not pronounced enough. Finish is a bit short but it’s a refreshing wine which I wanted a second glass of and then a third glass.
At about £14 a bottle it’s s little pricey but enjoyable.
Reichsrat von Buhl, Bone Dry Rosé, 2018, Pflaz, Germany
Reichsrat von Buhl, Bone Dry Rosé it’s not what you might think of a German rose wine. It’s a beautiful dark rose colour with hints or orange, with slight aromas of strawberry and redcurrants and this follows through in the flavour with a little citrus undertone. It’s bone dry and it’s the finish makes this refreshing and slightly different to what you may expect.
At £15 a bottle it’s not cheap but very enjoyable.
Reichsrat von Buhl, Bone Dry Rosé, 2018, Pflaz, Germany
Buy it. That could be the quickest review ever! Schloss Johannisbery is a top producer and this Silberlack Riesling is wonderful, from the mid golden colour to the aromas of apricot, peach, pear and floral notes on the nose that have hints of smokeyness. There are flavours peach, lemon, a little green apple with honey and a bit of spice. Its concentrated with a clean mineral taste that is long lasting and refreshing.
At £35 a bottle its not cheap but worth every penny.
Schloss Johannisberg, Silberlack, Riesling, Trocken, 2016, Germany
Light, dry, smooth, good fruit levels with a decent hit of acidity is what describes this wine. There are tannins, these are well integrated and there’s red fruit aromas of sour cherry and redcurrant on the nose and in the mouth. You get extra flavours of plum, spice, herbs and oak which add up to a great experience.
Germany wine is so under rated outside of Germany. Yes in the past and still now, we in the UK don’t always get the best in the supermarkets, but go to a wine merchant and you can get some crackers with very few duff ones. This got a silver at the Decanter World Wine Awards and it well deserves it.
H J Kreuzberg, Sonnenberg 2016, Spatburgunder, Ahr, Germany
This was a silver medallist in the Decanter World Wine Awards 2018. At about £20 a bottle it needs to good but there are a few issues
But this comes from the Mosel and they know how to make great wine. The colour is ruby, its starting to age a bit and smells of red cherries, sweet spices and has a bit of woody/pine notes. This is a lovely light wine, pretty smooth and dry but it does have acidity in there, a little more than you may expect. Flavours of red berries, light oak and hints of vanilla, pepper and smoke, make this an elegant wine that we opened a little early but still really enjoyed. Put it with chicken or pork once its about 8-10 years old to get the best of it.
You may think what’s the kettle got to do with the wine, absolutely nothing.
Weingut H.J. Kreuzberg Devonschiefer, Spatburgunder Trocken 2016, Ahr, Germany