Crab claws, duck and Riesling!

[Bob Parsons Alberta]

Had a wonderful evening at a new Chinese restaurant with some pals from the Yukon. I was allowed to bring in 2 German wines that I had previously enjoyed at a recent Xmas staff party!

`08 Emrich Schonleber Monzinger Holenberg Riesling R (Nahe).

Went quite well with Peking Duck courses. Medium lemon colour, great elegance and concentration. Pear, melon, pineapple very delicious.

`09 Weingut Hupfeld Hochheimer Kongin Victoriaberg Riesling Spatlese, Rheingau.

I have been informed that the son is making big changes here, for the better I believe. This is a very good wine for under $30 Cdn and I will buy more asap. Very good balance here, sweet, lots of complexity, excellent finish, melon, lemon tones. Was a treat with stuffed crab claws, loved the glass stopper.

 

[Claude Kolm]

originally posted by Bob Parsons Alberta:

`09 Weingut Hupfeld Hochheimer Kongin Victoriaberg Riesling Spatlese, Rheingau.

I have been informed that the son is making big changes here, for the better I believe.

Really big, as Ed Sullivan used to say -- Joachim Flick, one of Germany's really great producers, now has a ten-year lease on the vineyard. I had a glass of the 2011 with Joachim (and a few others) in front of the statue at the beginning of last September.