Schloss Reinhartshausen, Riesling Trocken, Rheingau

Much better than expected. Nice fresh fruity nose, light golden color, typical dry Rheingau Riesling, medium finish. Good QPR

clear and pale yellow, like lemon pulp clean and very crisp/refreshing on the nose. medium intensity and youthful with hits of minerality/chalkiness (also possibly sulphur), some green notes and lemon dry and high acid, medium minus alcohol, medium minus body, medium flavour intenstiry of mineral, lemon some other fruits like pear long finish very good wine and very complex. drink now.

WSET Level 3 Part 2 Week 1 Germany (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]) : Clear, Pale Lemon showing significante legs A: Clean, Med+ Intensity, Developing Citrus[almost powdery vitamin/redbull], mineral, lanolin qual. T: Dry, Med+ Alc, Med Alc, Med- body, med intensity, med+ finish. Citrus, Lemon Juice Fresh Squeezed, not as harsh tho. Green Apple Finish/Chalky Conc: Acceptable, I did not enjoy this others did in the class, found it a touch out of balance. Drink now IMO

Strong whiff of sulphur with a hint of minerality. Very dry and not quite in balance, reminiscent of the first wave of commercial trocken Riesling wines in the early 1990s.12% alc, which is probably its salvation, as the alcohol gives it just a bit of body to balance all that acid (I wonder how much sugar went in to get this up to strength). Basically watery. No discernable aftertaste. At retail 7,50 to 11 Euro, not competitive with the entry-level …