Ghost Creek, Showcase, Riesling, 2017, Canada
I do like Canadian wine, they don’t make much of it but what they do make is generally very good. This Riesling from Ghost Creek is excellent. Dry with a distinct petroleum note to the nose there’s flavours of citrus and stone fruit with a little peach and hints of honey. The biggest thing I get is just how clean and fresh this is 7 years on. Excellent, truly excellent.
At £20 a bottle it’s decent value too.
Krondorf, Riesling, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia
Krondorf’s Riesling from the Eden Valley in Australia is a rather decent dry Riesling. There’s a freshness, a slight petroleum aroma, it’s the fruit concentration comes through on the nose and the flavours. You get lemon and citrus first with a little peach, minerality underlines it all with reason length.
At AUD16 a bottle it’s decent value and for me a good day to day white wine.
Dr Loosen, Slate Hill, Riesling, 2022, Mosel, Germany
I tried the 2016 version of this Slate Hill Riesling in 2020 and im happy to say its still great wine line. Aromas of lychee and citrus with hints of petroleum in there. The taste is refreshing with fresh citrus and lime under note with minerality poking though. The length is excellent and the underlying sweetness is beautifully integrated making this a great wine. At £10 a bottle it’s amazing value.
St. Michael-Eppan, Montiggl, 2017, Riesling, Italy
Riesling is not a wine that I would expect to come out of Italy but this one from St Michael Eppan is pretty good. It’s a dry wine, fairly bold with good length on flavours. On the flavours and aromas side rheres peach, green Apple, lemon, hints of grapefruit and undernotes of minerals with a little honey in a background, a very pleasant surprise.
At £25 a bottle it’s to much at recommend, good but not that good.
Aldi, Henry of Pelham, The Falls, Riesling, Canada
Aldi sell some amazing wines and some terrible wines luckily this one made by Henry of Pelham is amazing especially for the price. The Falls, Riesling comes from the Niagara region in Canada. It’s very hard to get a bad bottle of Canadian wine in the UK but you normally have to spend 2 or 3 times the £7.99 the Aldi are charging for this wine.
It’s dry why with plenty of citrus fruit flavours with a slight kerosene undertone as you would expect from a new world Riesling but it’s fresh and credibly drinkable. This is the wine of the summer for me. THANK YOU Aldi for such a great wine.
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.
Rieslings from Australia has come a long way in the last decade and this one from Rawsons Retreat shows another example of why Riesling is such a great grape. Dry with a decent level of acidity and aromas of ripe pineapple and kerosene that are followed with additional flavours of honey, lime and green apple.
At £7 a bottle its a wine that grows on you, not outstanding but great for curling in front of the TV.
Rawsons Retreat, Riesling, 2015, Australia
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
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