The second course was Mick’s Curried Mussels or as I like to call them “Heaven in a Bowl”. Mick paired this with a 2009 Max Ferd. Richter Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett Riesling.
The Riesling had a very pretty nose of petrol, green apple and peach. Tasting the wine you will find a sour green apple candy flavour that runs the length of the wine. The structure on this wine was perfect as the sour green apple flavour and the high acidity nicely offsets the sweetness of the wine; the wine without these offsets would have been a cloying monster. The finish on this wine lingered around for a long time. It was a great pairing for the Curried Mussels. I haven’t enjoyed a Kabinett Riesling this good in a long while.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 88, Mark - 91, Kathy – 86, Amy – 88, Overall – 88.25.
Here is the LCBO information for this wine -
MAX FERD. RICHTER WEHLENER SONNENUHR RIESLING KABINETT 2009
750 mL bottle
Price $ 19.95
Made in: Mosel, Germany
By: Weingut Gunderloch
Release Date: Sep 29, 2012
Wine, White Wine
8.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content: 50 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: M - Medium
Tasting Note - More perfumed than the Brauneberger Juffer, a little more exotic but also a note of ginger spice. Rich, ripe citrus verging towards apricot - so much fruit in the middle that it seems almost soft even though there is plenty of balancing, bracing acidity and an underlying minerality. Drink 2011-2015. Score - 17 (out of 20). (Julia Harding, MW, jancisrobinson.com, Aug. 18, 2010)
The Curried Mussels were wonderful as always.
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