drinking window question

scottreiner

scottreiner

scott reiner
willi schaefer 2011 wehlener sonnenuhr spat. good time?

thinking of serving with a bolognese made with beef, pork, chicken livers and fish sauce, amongst various reds.....
 
No idea.

But in the spirit of tangential thread drift, I plan to open a 2011 von Othegraven Altenberg GG tomorrow. I had a bottle over the summer that was gorgeous. But of course that won't help me tomorrow! And my experience with 2011 GGs has been up and down this past year. While my recent experience with 2011 spatlese is non-existent. (At least that I can remember)
 
eh, I'd probably not drink a riesling with a pasta sauce, but that's me. But German rieslings have a broad drinking window and 2011 was slightly ripe and lush so...why not?
 
I hope things went well for Scott, because my 2011 von Othegraven Altenberg GG has been rockin' tonight. Just as fun as the last bottle from 9 months ago, although maybe a bit more golden and evolved (if I squint my taste buds). Either way, it is also fresh and oh-so fragrant, a perfect combination.

It also worked really well with dinner. One of the few wines I've had that actually was a great match with the salad (although tonight's salad was micro greens with carrots, radishes and avocado, and the avocado really helped meld with the wine). Also brilliant with striped bass and arugula green garlic pesto.

Lovely lovely.
 
out of the blue, recently i've found myself wondering what the difference might be between and drinking window and a drinking door. or crawl space. or skylight. or sunroof. unshackle the metaphor!
 
A drinking door is sort of like the drinking gourd: if you walk through it, there's an old man waiting for to carry you to intoxication. The drinking crawl space is where the old man leads you to. And the drinking sunroof gives you glimpses of sunlight from your drinking crawl space so you don't know what kind of place you've got yourself stuck into.
 
I just found a forgotten 1999 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich SL in the crawl space the other day, which is drinking beautifully - clear, transparent, still sweet. So, no rush on the 2011, imho.

At age 6, personally, I would expect a lot more overt sweetness and less transperency-integration. I don't care for the youthful sweetness and rarely drink MSR wines at younger than 12 years or so.

Report back, please, if you open it soon.
 
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