{"id":80,"date":"2007-10-13T09:49:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T17:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/13\/racy-riesling\/"},"modified":"2009-07-27T18:28:51","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T02:28:51","slug":"racy-riesling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/13\/racy-riesling\/","title":{"rendered":"Racy Riesling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This flight features 4 Rieslings from trocken to Spat and Germany to Monterey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carl Loewen Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Varidor Riesling Trocken 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nGrapes sourced entirely from the Varidor Vineyard, wild yeast ferment and aging in neutral oak fuder. Terry Theise Selection, Qualitatswein A.P. Nr. 3 529 127 3 06, 12% $15.69 at Bottle Barn <a title=\"Loewen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weingut-loewen.de\" target=\"_blank\">Loewen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zilliken Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinett 2006 <\/strong>Notes from 2001 show a consistent acid\/residual sugar balance. We recently tasted a 1994 bottling that was complex and yet delightfully fresh. In July &#8217;09 we also tasted a 1992 of the same that was stunning.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8217;06 is showing beautifully in July 2009, with peaches and petrol in the nose. The mouth is youthful and tasting of sweetart candies, with a little bit\u00a0 of creamy complexity &#8211; delicious. Owner\/Winemaker Hanno and daughter Dorothee. Gutsabfullung Weingut Forstmeister Geltz in Saarburg QmP A.P. Nr 3 551 083-5-0, 8% $19.49 at Bottle Barn <a title=\"Zilliken\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zilliken-vdp.de\" target=\"_blank\">Zilliken<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>J. Lohr Estates Monterey County Bay Mist White Riesling 2006<\/strong><br \/>\nOver the years this wine has been spot-on fresh, with light RS and balancing acidity. 100% Riesling with some botrytis, all stainless, 3.14 pH and 21.9 g\/l RS, P&amp;B San Jose 11.5%\/12.95% $8.99 <a title=\"Lohr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jlohr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lohr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Selbach-Oster Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Spatlese 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother top and consistent producer from the Mosel. Owner\/Winemaker Johannes Selbach. QmP A.P. Nr. 2 606 319 031 06 Gutsabfullung Zeltingen 9% $20.99 at Bottle Barn <a title=\"Selbach-Oster\" href=\"http:\/\/selbach-oster.de\" target=\"_blank\">Selbach-Oster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This flight features 4 Rieslings from trocken to Spat and Germany to Monterey Carl Loewen Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Varidor Riesling Trocken 2005 Grapes sourced entirely from the Varidor Vineyard, wild yeast ferment and aging in neutral oak fuder. Terry Theise Selection, Qualitatswein A.P. Nr. 3 529 127 3 06, 12% $15.69 at Bottle Barn Loewen Zilliken Mosel-Saar-Ruwer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,101,104,102,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-germany","category-monterey-county","category-mosel-saar-ruwer","category-riesling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3251,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/3251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}