2008 Dönnhoff Riesling (Nahe)
Bright, floral aromatics lead into mineral, white cherry and grapefruit flavours in the mouth, very tasty and refreshing with good acidity and solid QPR as always, though not up to the phenomenal level of the 07.
2005 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Kabinett (Mosel)
A bottle of this a few weeks ago was spectacular and one of the best Kabinetts I've had, so I opened this with very high expectations and was a bit disappointed as it didn't hit the highs of that (or other bottles I've had in the past). Still very tasty though with ripe melon and grapefruit flavours over minerals and savoury herbal elements. Feels more like a Spätlese in style though, although no complaints at $14.
2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Kabinett AP #16 (Mosel)
Oh, this is really good stuff. Why did I skip over this and only buy the Spätlese earlier? Green and red apples, lime and pear flavours over a bed of slate and flowers, over the course of a couple of hours the slatey minerality really builds and takes over on the aromatics. Really good acidity (with much more definition and focus than the corresponding Spätlese, which I found too soft for my liking) and a very long finish.
2004 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Pittermännchen Riesling Spätlese (Nahe)
Fabulous, packed with flowers and really bright, ripe fruit flavours ranging from tarter citrus and pear to sweet pineapple and other tropical fruits. There's an intense slatey mineral character underneath and plenty of acidity that gives this fantastic precision and keeps the sweetness in check. Fantastic wine and I am glad to have more of this.
