Saturday Night – Off to the Far East – Part 1

This last month or so has been a crazy time for all four of our schedules and has made our usual Saturday night dinners not so usual.  This past Saturday we decide to get together but just get take-in so if any of us had to cancel at the last minute it wouldn’t be a big deal.  The Bombay Grill is located up the street from us and Mick and Amy suggested we order in from there.

 

As we were looking at curry based and spicy dishes that meant it was Riesling time!  I was happy about this as I had picked up three different German Rieslings recently that were all 90+ rated by the Wine Spectator and all three were around a $20 price point.   I picked two of them to try with dinner – a 2009 Bollig-Lehnert Kabinett Riesling and 2008 C.H Berres Kabinett Riesling.

I will review the Bollig-Lehnert first and the do the other one in part 2.

The wine was a pale yellow with a slight greenish tint to it; it actually reminded me more of a Sauvignon Blanc in colour than a Riesling.  The nose was mild and you had to swirl the glass to find the petrol aroma with mango, green apple and gooseberry aromas lurking in the background.  Tasting the wine you are rewarded with a lovely crisp green apple flavour.  The structure to the wine was very good with fresh acidity to offset the sweetness of the wine with a long, lingering finish.  The wine wasn’t complex but there was an elegance to it due to its simplicity and it was stellar on its own and with the food.

Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 89, Mark - 92, Kathy – 89, Amy – 90, Overall – 90.

Here is the LCBO information on the wine –

BOLLIG-LEHNERT TRITTENHEIMER APOTHEKE RIESLING KABINETT 2009

VINTAGES 284448
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 17.95
Made in: Mosel, Germany
By: Weingut Bollig-Lehnert
Release Date: Aug 18, 2012
Wine, White Wine
12.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Riesling
Sugar Content: 55 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: M - Medium

Tasting Note - A fleshy kabinett, with intense slate and honey cream flavors, accented by notes of apricot and spice. Rich notes of tropical fruit, including guava and pineapple, fill the finish. Drink now through 2020. Score - 90. (Kim Marcus, winespectator.com, March 31, 2011)

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