TN: 2 Whites with New Years Eve take out

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Loren Sonkin

Loren Sonkin
Drank with Hunan take-out on New Years Eve

2005 Muller-Catoir Riesling Spatlese Haardter Burgergarten
Light golden in color, clear and bright. The nose show yellow grapefruits, wet rocks and slight petrol notes which get stronger with air. Medium bodied. On the palateNice minerality but just a touch flabby. Flavors of quince, yellow grapefruits and a touch of caramel. Nice finish. Lots of fruit here, but this may be in an awkward stage. There is some acidity, but I was expecting more. Still, this improved all night long and the bottle was drained. A touch of sweetness made this a nice complement to Chinese take-out.

2005 Henry Pelle Menetou-Salon Morogues
Golden in color, clear and bright. The nose has sea air, apricots and honeysuckle. Full bodied. On the palate, this is dry with no hint of sweetness. It has a steely quality that was divisive (I liked it). Lots of yellow grapefruit with a very long finish that turns bitter at the end. I preferred this more than the rest of the group.
 
Not sure why you would expect more acidity out of an '05 German Riesling. It was hardly a high acid year. Barely adequate is how I would describe the acidity (beware - massive generalization).
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Not sure why you would expect more acidity out of an '05 German Riesling. It was hardly a high acid year. Barely adequate is how I would describe the acidity (beware - massive generalization).
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Perhaps I should have said "even for an 05 Riesling"? Anyway, there was less (balance perhaps?) than I expected for whatever reason, but still a nice wine.
 
Still a lot of baby fat in those 2005s. In fact that's about all I can taste in them at this stage. It's a good vintage (though not as strong in the Pfalz as in the Mosel/Nahe), but more for the long haul.
 
originally posted by David M. Bueker:
Not sure why you would expect more acidity out of an '05 German Riesling. It was hardly a high acid year. Barely adequate is how I would describe the acidity (beware - massive generalization).
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I've been praying for the 2005 German Rieslings.
 
originally posted by Joe Dressner:

originally posted by David M. Bueker:

Not sure why you would expect more acidity out of an '05 German Riesling. It was hardly a high acid year. Barely adequate is how I would describe the acidity (beware - massive generalization).
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I've been praying for the 2005 German Rieslings.
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It's the satanic smell of SO2 that gets ya, isn't it?
 
Not high, but not low, either. They have lots of fat, yes, but if we look at g/L numbers I don't think they were that far off from 2004, at least for the producers I recall you drinking. For others like Molitor (to pick an example), sure. PH numbers show a wider divergence.
 
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