Need help in selecting a white wine

[wondersofwine]

Rieslings: look for a Mosel-Saar-Ruwer spatlese (late-picked grapes). The 2001 vintage is arriving now and is an outstanding vintage for German wines. I suggest Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard (several producers have plots within this vineyard) or Urziger Wurzgarten. If neither vineyard is available at your wine shop, ask for something similar from a particular vineyard, not a grosslage (larger district).
I like Trimbach Gewurztraminer (Alsace, France). It's usually available in wine shops or sometimes grocery stores. Or if the wine shop has a German or Italian Gewurztraminer you might try them.

White burgundies: Macon Villages or Macon-Lugny or Macon-Vire for chardonnay grape, unoaked (usually a tart or green apple taste); village burgundy such as Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, or Meursault for chardonnay aged in French oak;
some producers are Ramonet, Boillot, Verget (controversial but I like some of his wines),
Joseph Drouhin, Louis Jadot, etc. Even the village wines can run $30 a bottle or more.
Meursault is sometimes regarded as having hazelnut aroma/flavor or some buttery characteristics. Chassagne-Montrachet may have more citrus fruit elements. Sometimes there is a smoky element in the wines.
Rully is another Burgundy region producing white wines that are somewhat cheaper than the villages mentioned above.

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