"So simple, yet so good"The first course was honey gorgonzola crostinis and Miss Vickie’s chips and sour cream. I decided to pair the crostinis with a semi-sweet Riesling and picked a bottle of 2004 Wegeler “Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg” Kabinett that fit that bill.
The nose on the Wegeler was very faint with pear being the predominate aroma with wet stone and a floral note in the background. The acidity on the wine seemed blunted and wasn’t as crisp as I hoped it would be. The main flavour of the wine was green apple but without the sour that you’d usually get from a green apple. The best way I can describe the taste is if 7-11 offered a green apple slurpee this would be the flavour of it as you get the green apple flavour but the sweetness overrides the sourness. The finish on the wine was very short and seemed to disappear almost instantly.
"What do a slurpee and this wine have in common?" The upside on the wine was it was a fantastic paring with the honey gorgonzola crostinis.
Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 87, Mark – 86, Kathy – 86, Amy – 88, Overall – 86.75.
"Chips!"Here is the LCBO information on the wine –
Wegeler Riesling Kabinett 2004
Wegeler Riesling Kabinett 2004
Vintages 87999
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 23.95
Wine, White Wine,
11.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : MD
Made in: Rhine Rhinegau, Germany
By: Geheimrat J. Wegeler Erben
Release Date: Feb 28, 2009
Tasting Note - The Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg is stony from the slate in the vineyards but also has mineral white peach fruit and a fair degree of sweetness. It is uncommonly pretty and bears strong resemblance to a Spätlese. Score - 91. (Claude Kolm, The Fine Wine Review, Number 108, 2005)
I noticed that the LCBO is listing the alcohol at 11% yet the bottle is labeled as 9% and after trying the wine I would lean towards the 9% as being the correct number.
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