What happens when great white wine ages? Join me in a blind tasting video of Riesling from Germany, Australia, and the USA (Finger Lakes, New York).
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Pewsey Vale, The Contours Riesling 2015 https://rebrand.ly/pewsey-vale-museum-the-contours-riesling
Pewsey Vale, 1961 Block Riesling 2020 https://rebrand.ly/pewsey-vale-1961-block
Hosmer, Limited Release Riesling 2022
Hosmer, Limited Release Riesling 2017
Gut Hermannsberg, Steinberg GG Riesling 2018
Gut Hermannsberg, Kupfergrube GG Riesling 2015
00:00 A GREAT white WINE to age
02:32 Blind Tasting Riesling
06:51 The Reveal
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16 Comments
Riesling IS one of the greatest white grape varieties, that surely can age magnificently! Thank You for the video, great execution and very good topic! 🍷
Worth mentioning is that a Grosses Gewächs (GG) will always be dry. Good to know when ordering / looking for nice Riesling. Thanks for a video about a wonderful grape variety! 👍😃
There's not a lot of debate, I used to think it was my personal opinion, but now I've come to realize that objectively, Riesling is the greatest grape variety for wine making.Luckily I live in the Netherlands which shares a border with Germany and I can get some Riesling GG for as cheap as EUR 33,-. Not 96 points worthy, mind you, but 92/93-ish easily. Having said that, Washington state has amazing potential for Riesling, interesting to see how that region develops.
Best grape variety in the world…. is…. Concord 🙃😜 (waits for Dr. H to Gordon Ramsey me)
I really wished I liked riesling, but the gasoline/oil/rubber notes are just too much for me. I don't want a wine that smells like walking into a bicycle store. Some rieslings don't have that and those ones I like, but it's always a gamble so I tend to steer clear of them.
I guess I am just very sensitive to those specific compounds because they overpower everything else and make it not a pleasurable experience. I am also able to pick up on these compounds in some other grapes like picpoul and furmint.
Thank you for the video. I wanted it for awhile.
I watched as I drank… drum roll… an Austrian Riesling from Kremstal.
Learned a lot and looking forward to your review of the us producers and recommendations.
Well done!!!
A few times recently you’ve suggested a high proportion of aged reds tend to disappoint you, whereas the whites with age tend to hit you at a higher rate. I’ve taken that to heart, and compared with some of my experiences over the past couple of years. I think you’re on to something.
It has me in a bit of a bind, though. I’ve got a high proportion of my “cellar” as reds of various ages as I wait for the “ideal” time to open them. Meanwhile, I have only a handful of whites with any significant age. This may take quite a long time to address.
I would take a GG or Clos ste Hune over a grand cru white burgundy probably 95% of the time, if offered the choice
I am a Riesling geek too! I said here that even a basic trocken Riesling from a good German producer can age for decades ! And will develop wonderfull notes in the process ! Cheers !
Pewsey Vale’s Clare Valley Riesling has the most awesome smells. I love that rubbery petrol smell that you get from that region, and especially from that producer 😁👍🏼
I educate and turn people on to great dry Riesling all the time.
I love Riesling! Once bought 3 half litre bottles of A Burklin Wolf Riesling Beerenauslese from 1974 for GBP18 a bottle!! The wine was so amazing! Still a nice sweetness with balanced acidity and the length……!!! Wish I could find more bottles…
Thank you once again for promoting the greatest white grape variety: Riesling 😍
Hosmer Riesling? Oh, yes indeed! Thanks for showing a Finger Lakes Riesling!
Now…as for that petrol/diesel note, to my taste buds it's a flaw. The less, the better IMO. Sorry, bud! 🤷
Agreed on the age. Even first growth Bordeaux I think is generally past it's best for me by 40 years old, and most stuff doesn't last anywhere near that long. Unless you love stewed fruit and leather with melted structure anyway.
I rarely see anyone as passionate about Riesling as me, but you're definitely one of them. Riesling is the best at so much, I just love it!