Saturday Night – 3 Classic recipes and 3 new Wines – Part 1

Mick had three favourite recipes on tap for the night and paired them three wines we hadn’t tried before.

The first course was Prosciutto wrapped grilled shrimp and these were paired with a 2008 Wolfer Goldgrube Kabinett Riesling.

The nose on the Riesling was an aromatic collection of apple, peach, lilac and nectarine.  Tasting the wine you initially get huge green apple, mandarin and mango and the mandarin flavour continues right to the finish as the other two fade into the background.  The structure on the wine was decent as the acidity almost offsets the sweetness of the wine but it gets slightly cloying at the end which is a real shame as this wine just needed a touch more acidity or alcohol and it would be the best Riesling I’d ever tasted.  It was a great pairing with the shrimp.

Here is the group rating for the wine -Mick – 89, Mark - 90, Kathy – 89, Amy – 91, Overall – 89.75.

Here is the LCBO information for this wine –

VOLLENWEIDER WOLFER GOLDGRUBE RIESLING KABINETT 2008

VINTAGES 249730
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 21.95
Made in: Mosel, Germany
By: Weingut Vollenweider
Release Date: Feb 4, 2012
Wine, White Wine
7.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content: 67 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: M - Medium

Tasting Note  - At only 7% alcohol, Vollenweider's 2008 Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Kabinett is predictably high in residual sugar. But the ultra-bright character of the vintage at this address renders the sweetness only moderate and highly supportive of the lime, kiwi, and green plum flavors, while the low alcohol helps render the wine almost weightless. Suggestions of mint and lavender combine with lime peel for a pungent, invigorating, and tactile finish perfectly balanced by sweetness. Wire this properly and it seems as though it should turn on a light bulb. I can't wait to see what happens over the next decade when (or is that -if-?) this settles down ... Score - 90. (David Schildknecht, erobertparker.com, Feb. 2010)

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