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2011 is a forgotten year for German Riesling. It is neither an exceptional nor a bad vintage and so it is not remembered well. Let's see how the vintage really is.
This time we really had mixed stuff: A perfect White Bordeaux from California, a great Barolo 60 years old and a new cuvee from Würtemberg.
Giacomo Borgogno 1952 Barolo Riserva and Gaja 1988 Barbaresco showed again the quality of the Nebbiolo grape.
High-end Cava, long on the lees, from Recaredo against other bubbles from Champagne and Germany.
It all started when we had a monkfish for dinner and wanted to have a perfect match. So we just wanted to have a good Riesling as accompaniment and opened some bottles. Finally we had a extensive Riesling tasting with 8 Riesling and one pirate.
This is again an awesome wine from Jean-Claude Bachelet. We already had the Grand Cru (Various Whites from Rheingau and Burgundy), now it is time for one of his Premier Cru.
Masi, Raka, Bodegas Los Astrales, Dönnhoff and Orin Swift were tasted on this evening.
No matter which region, we wanted to taste some great wines. And we were lucky in our selection.
We tasted some older bottles from Italy (Puglia and Campania), Rioja, Australia and California. Some were over, only one was great.
A Bienvenues Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru and two Rieslings made our evening. In total it were three great wines.
Pinot Noir from Burgundy versus Pinot Noir/Spätburgunder from Germany. And the best Dornfelder. There have been some disappointments, so not all wine made it onto the picture.
We wanted to prove the durability of Cornas with two 2012 red wines from Dumien-Serrette and Vincent Paris.
We were happy to taste such an old wine from Spain: It was made from several vintages between 1905 and 1920 with 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot.
We don't want to spent the money for a Monfortino and with Cascina Francia there is an alternative from Giacomo Conterno which is similar in quality but different in style with more fruit and freshness.
This was the first of Amphora wines from Gravner in Friuli. How is it in a magnum?
This was an amazing long evening. And so were the wines. Four times 19 points or more!
Ths long evening we had an old fine wine from Spain (1948!), a wine with an interessting mix of grape varieties (Roussanne & Viognier), a Muscat from California and a rare Heitz.
1921, 1959, 1971 and 1976 are the great vintages for German Riesling. And 1975 - ofter forgotten but equal in quality. Here we have "Staatsweingüter Eltville / Kloster Eberbach" which is very famous for its old vintages from 40s to 70s.
Torres is one of the historic producers in Spain outside Rioja. It is famous for the Etiqueta Negra. But you can find some other wines in auctions, also white wines. Are this wines perhaps an alternative for the white Rioja which are getting more and more expensive?
Burgundy is difficult, often you don't know what you get. Is this wine over, only still alive or a legend? Let's try it.
Georg Breuer's Riesling Schlossberg reaches higher and higher prices in auctions. Why?
This is one of the best Bubbles of Itlay and it is aging extremly well.
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