Sunday, June 21, 2015

Groebe a la Carte Riesling 2006 trocken

Variety: Riesling
Country of origin: Germany
Wine appellation: Rheinhessen
Vintage: 2006
Alcohol content: 12.0%
Color: golden yellow
Bouquet: intense and complex, orange marmelade, herbs, petroil tones, herbs, almost going towards aged straw wines and light botrytis
Taste: medium body, complex,  layered, nice structure of sugared orange crust, with good acidity, and fantastic minerality, round mid profile with nice  longer finish
Overall score: 5+7.5+13+7+7.5=90
Price: CZK 250 in 2009
Stopper: single piece cork
Bought ages ago, opened with my friend visiting Prague this Riesling really needed the time to show its true potential, it has been residing my wine fridge for ages, but worth the time.

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