2003 Dr Loosen Riesling Auslese 1/2 bottle

[TheEngineer]

This wine come in 375 mL bottles. The sales staff told me that apparently Dr Loosen had much grapes selected for Auslese and decided to use the bottle size to help out with the additional product.

The nose is not its strong point though there is a strong mineral sense (although I did have the bottle open for about 2 hours before I was able to get back to it..the dreaded "honey-can-you-please" requests took a bit longer than expected). The wine is fresh and very much a young Riesling. It had a nice carbination and a generally higher level of acidity than I had expected, makes for a great lunch drink. It was pretty slender. I only had a glass before I was pulled away for more "honey can you please.." requests....friends polished off the rest of the small bottle before I got back this time. Price was about $17 for the half bottle.

Funny, all 2003 rieslings that I've had had a stronger mineral sense than I expected from a hot season. It's pleasant but just unexpected I guess.