Tuesday 31 October 2006

Schloss Vollrads Riesling 2005 - Recommended

Region: Rheingau

Light golden in colour, perhaps looks a touch developed for the age. Rich nose of ripe lemon and citrus fruits. Smells like a ripe Crawford River. Riper and more intense again to taste. Less lemon, more dry generic in style. Very complete palate, quite serious and gets progressively drier and minerally on the finish. Very well made and structured but value is an issue at somewhere above $45 pb. The use of a re-usable glass stopper is a fantastic idea and I can vouch for the wine’s freshness 3 days after the initial opening. In fact I would go so far as to claim it blows a stelvin seal away.

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