Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Müller-Burggraef) Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese

Deep yellow. Deep notes of ripe jackfruit, mangoes and lychees rambutans. Deliciously aged with layered notes of clean minerality. Quite a thinkers wine.

Dinner at Uncle Lawrence's (Uncle Lawrence's Place) : Very nice indeed. Every now and then, I get a reminder of just how great a Riesling vintage 2005 is, and this wine was a great example. I have not had this for some time, and it seems to be developing very nicely indeed. I liked the nose, with its sweet little scents of white peach and apples, white flowers, nectar, and very typical WS vanilla accents – all this drizzled with …

Didn't take notes, but I served this with crab cakes last night. The crab cakes were very good, but the wine was great! Great pairing too. The wine had a great combination of power and balance. Viscous but light in the mouth, lots of lime, nectarines, pineapple, etc, and good minerality. Nice long finish. Tasty now, but will only get better (A-/A).

Dinner at Yingthai Palace (Purvis Street, Singapore) : This was excellent on the night. Popper and poured, it was tight, as one would expect from such a young Auslese, but already showing more than we had hoped for. It had beautiful Mosel nose, expressive but not showy, with gentle wafts of nectarine, peach and red apples, just a touch of mineral and then some white flowers, very sweetly attractive without being showy. On to the palate, and this had really …

Family Christmas Private Dining with Mrs Sam Leong (Lake Point) : Clean slightly petrol nose intermingled with nice pineapples. This is really minerally clean and sparkling dry finish though there is a lovely balance of acidity and ripe lychees / pineapples on the palate. Excellent length with perrier like sparkling clean finish. Lots of slate minerality and cold stones. This is an excellent wine with impeccable sense of balance. Not the normally fatty rich auslese and some might call lean …