Boxler's 2015 sylvaner went quite well with a small celebration of my son's team winning their first little league game this season. Asimov recently wrote about silvaners, where he describes what one typically gets: "It is classically dry, light and graceful, moderate in alcohol and touched with herbal and floral notes." This description would fit better with Boxler's 2011 and 2014 sylvaners, which I loved. The 2015 is richer than "light and graceful" would indicate. Having given that caveat, I will say the Boxler did a very nice job of helping the adults recall the glee that a child can summon after winning a baseball game.
To help us celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, we opened Zilliken's 1993 Saarburger Rausch Auslese (AP 05 94). Not only was this from our wedding vintage, we bought it at the estate when we visited in 2003. It was a beautiful mix of apples, citrus, and perhaps a bit of tropical fruit. The various aspects weren't in tension, but rather in balance, in a lovely, quiet manner. It called for a long period of sniffing and sipping and recounting our trip to German wine country fifteen years ago, and many other highlights over the past twenty-five years. There's a lot that can go wrong when you cellar wine, but when you get bottles like this, it is well worth the risk and effort.
To help us celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, we opened Zilliken's 1993 Saarburger Rausch Auslese (AP 05 94). Not only was this from our wedding vintage, we bought it at the estate when we visited in 2003. It was a beautiful mix of apples, citrus, and perhaps a bit of tropical fruit. The various aspects weren't in tension, but rather in balance, in a lovely, quiet manner. It called for a long period of sniffing and sipping and recounting our trip to German wine country fifteen years ago, and many other highlights over the past twenty-five years. There's a lot that can go wrong when you cellar wine, but when you get bottles like this, it is well worth the risk and effort.
