german wine tasting

a crash course on german wines

THE WINES
*all wine for this tasting purchased at red white and bubbly

WHITES:
baden gutedel, gertie and max, winzergenossenschaft auggen eg, qba dry, 2005. $10.00
->MY NOTES: light. just tastes like white wine.




findling trocken, mosel saar ruwer, dr. stephan reuter, qba dry, 2005. $13.00
->MY NOTES: oaky, acidy.




scheurebe ludwigschöher kabinett, weingut brüder dr. becker, rheinhessen, 2004, $15.00
->MY NOTES: strawberry nose, sweet and tangy ruby grapefruit. refreshing! * this was one of the top 3 liked wines for the tasting!




scheurebe, traditionelle flaschengärung, weingut brüder dr. becker, rheinhessen, 2004, $19.00
->MY NOTES: minerally, sweet. eh.




riesling, schaub, frülingsplatzchen. $17.00
->MY NOTES: yogurty, raspberry, strawberry.




riesling - botrytis, roll, riesling qba rheinhessen, dittelsheim, 2005. $15.50
->MY NOTES: melon-y, sweet, not syrup-y. *people also seemed to like this one.




weissburgunder, kabinett trocken, weinhof scheu, pfalz, 2005. $15.00
->MY NOTES: envelop-y, gummy, sweet, unbalanced.




animo grüner veltliner, thiery weber weingut, kremstal - österreich, 2005. $12.00
->MY NOTES: pepper nose, nice, balanced, refined. * this was one of the top 3 liked wines for the tasting!




elbling, dry, ernst hein, mosel saar ruwer, 2005. $11.00
->MY NOTES: again, just tasted like white wine. we decided it's probably good, but maybe needs food?




REDS:
roter elbling, weingut matthias dostert, deutscher taffelwein mosel, (rosé), 2006. $11.00
->MY NOTES: sweet, easy. probably not for special occasions.




dornfelder, winzerverein deidesheim, qba pfalz, 2005. $12.50
->MY NOTES: cherry.




spätburgunder, trocken, dreissigacker, rheinhessen, 2005. $26.00
->MY NOTES: nice, smooth, non-tannic, cherry, plum. * this was one of the top 3 liked wines for the tasting!