FRUITY RIESLING

Question 1

QbA, Dragonstone, Leitz, 2020, Rheingau – total acidity 7.7 grams / residual sugar 19.8 grams ($10.50, $12.50, $6.50)

Answer 1

-round, tropical, lime, pear, high acid, weighty texture, mineral, more Sauvignon Blanc-y

Question 2

Spätlese Feinherb, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr “Ur alte Reben” Selbach-Oster, 2019, Mosel – total acidity 7.5 grams / residual sugar 20 grams ($22, $25, $12.75)

Answer 2

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Question 3

Kabinett, Ayler Kupp, Vols, 2018, Saar – total acidity 7.6 grams / residual sugar 68 grams ($16, $19, $9.75)

Answer 3

-petrol, noticeably sweet, though the acid stands up to it to balance it out

Question 4

Feinherb, Winkeler Jesuitengarten Alte Reben, Josef Spreitzer, 2017, Rheingau ($17, $19.50)

Answer 4

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Question 5

Spätlese, Bopparder Hamm Engelstein, Weingart, 2015, Mittelrhein – total acidity 7.5 grams / residual sugar 42 grams ($15, $17, $8.75)

Answer 5

-honeyed like Sauternes, sweet but not cloyingly so, slight hint of petrol

Question 6

Spätlese, Erdener Prälat, Meulenhof, 2016, Mosel – total acidity 6.3 grams / residual sugar 77.8 grams ($13.50, $15.50, $8)

Answer 6

-ginger candies, very slightly sweet

Question 7

Spätlese, Norheimer Kirschheck, Jakob Schneider, 2017, Nahe – total acidity 8.6 grams / residual sugar 73.6 grams ($15.25, $17.25, $8.75)

Answer 7

-more sweet and sour a lil tangy, medium+ acid

Question 8

Spätlese, Dorsheimer Goldloch, Schlossgut Diel, 2008, Nahe – total acidity 7.7 grams / residual sugar 82 grams ($20, $25, $12.75)

Answer 8

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Question 9

Auslese, Ürziger Würzgarten, Alfred Merkelbach, 2018, Mosel – total acidity 8.5 grams / residual sugar 101 grams ($19, $22, $11.25)

Answer 9

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Question 10

Ice Wine, Koenig Vineyards, 2014, Snake River Valley – total acidity 7.8 grams / residual sugar 220 grams ($13 3 oz, $15)

Answer 10

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Question 11

Flight of Three Tastes of any of the Rieslings ($26)

Answer 11

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Question 12

Flight of Five Tastes from the world of Riesling ($40)

Answer 12

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Question 13

*Flight of Eight Tastes from the world of Riesling ($60)

Answer 13

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