'99 Joseph Leitz Rudesheimer Drachenstein

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This Riesling from the Rheingau region was selling for $12.99 or $10.39 by the case--a bargain. It's a pleasant, straightforward, rounded wine, spritzig when first poured. Good pale gold color with clarity. 9% alcohol by volume. It was well chilled when poured and needed a little time in glass for the nose to become evident. The palate offered peach notes and a floral fragrance--not as overpowering as honeysuckle but tending in that direction. It was a nice accompaniment to apple nut cake with caramel-toffee sauce drizzled over the top. Would also make a good apperitif or after dinner sipper. (Drachenstein, btw, means Dragon Stone).