With the holidays, vacations, etc. out of the way, it was nice to get back to a ‘normal’ Saturday night dinner with Mick and Amy. Mick and Amy were hosting for the evening. Mick did grilled shrimp with a peanut Satay dipping sauce as the starter. He paired this with a 2008 Pfaffenberg Schloss Schonborn Kabinett Riesling.
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| "Grilled Shimp with Satay sauce" |
The nose the wine was an interesting mix of lime, floral, peach. Tasting the wine before the food, I noticed a sweet apple flavour to it. The structure of the wine wasn’t bad but it seemed to be lacking a racy acidity that would have helped offset the sweetness of the wine and therefore the wine seemed a bit sloppy at times. There were a couple of big upsides to this wine though; it was very easy drinking and it was a very strong pairing with the Satay shrimp.
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| "Easy to drink!" |
Here is the LCBO information on this wine -
SCHLOSS SCHÖNBORN RIESLING KABINETT 2008
VINTAGES 70946
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 18.95
Wine, White Wine
9.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : MD
Made in: Rhine Rhinegau, Germany
By: Karl Graf V. Schonborn
Release Date: Nov 27, 2010
Tasting Note -Lilac, white peach, honeydew melon, and pink grapefruit alluringly scent Schonborn's 2008 Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg Riesling Kabinett, which originated in one of several passes on the oldest vines in this monopole. Lushly fruited and refreshingly juicy, this displays to a striking degree the textural refinement and delicacy of which the vintage is capable, and finishes caressingly and with a sense of floating-off. Savor this lullaby of Riesling over the next 12-15 years. Score - 91. (David Schildknecht, www.erobertparker.com, Feb. 2010).
I’m touch surprised at the Tasting notes and the 91 rating above. The nose was nice but taste and structure to this Riesling were nowhere near good enough to justify a 91 rating. Don’t get me wrong, I liked this wine but there are much better ones out there around the same price point.
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