Minneapolis
Wine Club
Everyday Wines
-A great way to start the tasting with everday, affordable wines. This gives us a base for the more expensive wines.
2007 Snoqualmie Winemakers Select Riesling $
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Floral, pear, apple
Taste: Sweet with nice fruit integrated in
Finish: Medium and pleasant
Evaluation: Great everday wine 85 points
2007 Dr. Loosen "Dr. L" Mosel Riesling $$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Apple, pear, mineral
Taste: Apple, pear, slate, honey
Finish: Great acidity with peach, pear, slate, honey
Evaluation: Wonderful wine! 90 points
Moderate Priced Wines
-These wines sell for $20 to $30 a bottle and represent a region well. At most wine dinnner tastings these would be the top end wines you would try.
2007 St. Urbans-Hof Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Piesporter Goldtropfchen Kabinett Riesling $$
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Floral, slate, Petrol
Taste: Sweet, slate, floral, petrol, peach
Finish: Short with a heavy slate quality
Evaluation: Not in the same league as the 07 Spatlese from Urbans 87 points
2006 Zind Humbrecht Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$$
Color: Medium yellow
Nose: Floral, mineral, pear
Taste: Touch of sweetness with mainly bitter profile. Floral, pear, apple, mineral
Finish: Intense with mineral, apple, floral and good acidity on this medium finish
Evaluation: Nice overall wine but certainly a different style then German Riesling 89 points
High End Wines
-No one but John pours these types of wines at a tasting. These are the top wines of the regions without going crazy on price. Alsace and Germany produce completely different styles of Riesling.
2004 Muller-Catoir Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten Pfalz Spatlese $$$$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Floral, citrus, mineral
Taste: Very different then the Loosen with spice, floral, wet rock not much sweetness as it is a drier styled wine
Finish: Medium and balanced
Evaluation: If you like sweet then try the Spatlese wines from the Mosel as the Pfalz tend to be produced with a drier style 92 points
2006 Zind Humbrecht Turckheim Herrenweg Alsace Riesling (Alsace) $$$$
Color: Dark yellow
Nose: Wow with floral, orange peel, spice, honey suckles
Taste: Floral, orange peel, spice, floral, honey suckles all perfectly balanced
Finish: Super concentrated wine with a powerful kick on this long finish
Evaluation: The best white to date from France 94 points
2005 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Auslese $$$$
Color: Medium gold
Nose: Floral, apple, peach
Taste: Intense with floral, apple, peach, pear, slate
Finish: Long for a Riesling with complex character. Incredible balance between acidity and sugar levels.
Evaluation: One of the best German wines to date 95 points