A few rieslings

[TheEngineer]

2004 Vollenweider Wolfer Goldgrube Riesling Spatelese Portz. I still love this wine. Great laser like focus, and nice minerality though light and a great acidity. Very nice drink if a bit simple. $35

2003 J.J. Prum Wehlener Sohnnuhr Riesling Spatlese. What a nice wine. While hot vintage this had good balance. Good focus but with a ton more minerality, loads of slate and a bit more complexity to the wine. Long finish. Great wine with still a bit of carbonation. $40?

2003 Dr. Loosen Riesling Auslese, Great sweetness but an equal amount of acididy to prevent from being fat. However, it lacked complexity and minerality after the JJ PRum. Still decent for the price. $17

2005 Chateau Montelena Riesling Potter Valley
Nice clean and light pale golden in color. Fruity but with a bit of roundness from perceived light use of wood. Less focused than MSR but nice drink. $20

[wondersofwine]

It was that laser-like focus or purity of the essence that grabbed me the first and only time I tasted wine from Daniel Vollenweider. I may try to order some of the 2002 from a shop in California.

[TheEngineer]

WOW, Thanks for that. I loved that part of it too and when tasted side by side, it was very evident. When you are at the Summer offline event and if I can drop by for the weekend (never sure where I am), I will be sure to bring a bit of a vertical [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]
I've not yet been able to get my hands on any of his '05's

[wondersofwine]

I hope you can make it to the offline and not just for the offer to bring some Vollenweider wines.