Pfalz

This labeled Trocken on the back label.  Golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose has some peach along with wet rock/minerality.  Medium bodied.  A strong backbone of acidity.  On the palate, this is crisp with some peach and plenty of depth.  This is still young and will  no doubt develop more complexity with good cellaring but it is delicious now.  Great on its own, this is very food friendly and would no doubt benefit from some food to work with the acidity.  Thai food seems like a natural match.  Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.  

Scheurebe is a Riseling cross developed in 1916 in Germany.  This wine is 12% abv.  Light green/silver/hay in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with a bit of peach and some minerality.  Medium bodied.  Low acidity.  On the palate, this is easy drinking yet satisfying.  A bit of peach.  Like a cooler on a hot summer day.  It is nice  on its own but better with some food.  It would work well with a Vegetable Soup for a lunch or light dinner.  Drink over the next year or two.  

First time trying this producer.  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is big-ish with pineapple, tropical fruit, slight petrol and "wet rocks".  Medium bodied with a slightly viscous texture.  Good acidity.  This is dry but the alcohol is not high.  A bit more blowsy than expected but that is not bad.  On the palate, pineapple, guava and minerality.  Good finish.  Tasty.  This is drinking well but has at least another decade.  It worked well with Szechuan food.   

 Rieslaner is a cross of the Silvaner and Riesling grapes.  Medium golden in color, clear and bright. The nose is light but nice with peaches, slight "wet rocks", and spice.  Light bodied.  Light acidity.  On the palate, the peaches come thru.  It seems a touch flabby but works better with some food.  Medium finish.  This would be a nice wine with spicy Thai food.  Drink over the next five years.  

AP#4 for those keeping track.  This is very, tight and needed over an hour to really start to open up.  Yellow/gold in color.  The nose has wet rocks, along with some peach/apricot.  Medium bodied.  Moderate acidity.  On the palate, more about the peach fruit than minerality.  Tasty.  Sweet, not cloying.  Good finish.  This needs about five more years to open and then should drink well for another fifteen to twenty.  

An excellent value in Pinot Noir.  This tied for first place out of eight wines in a blind tasting (my score and the groups).  Garnet in color, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose has black cherries and spice.  On the palate, the black cherries come thru with a bit of anise on the finish.  This has a lovely texture.  Bold but not over done.  This is drinking well now and should drink well for at least another three to five years.  It will work well with food, fried chicken would be a nice match.  

This proved proved to be a love it or ate it wine in a recent tasting.  It tied for the wine of the night but had some detractors including me.  I think the biggest issue had to be whether it was past prime or in its prime.  Ruby in color, flat and cloudy.  On the nose, there is a sour cherry juice quality with slight oxidation.  Medium bodied with light tannins countered by a soft texture that was easy to drink.  Thin.  The sour cherry fruit come thru on the palate.  A shorter finish.  I didn't find the complexity hoped for in a 12 year old Pinot.  It is fine and drinkable and not too expe

This was a fascinating wine.  From a 500ML bottle.  Muskateller is from the Muscat family of grapes.  Although it is a white grape, it was very dark in color.  The bottle was 26 years old and the wine had seeped up to the top of the cork.  That said, it was a very nice showing.  Deep brown with tinges of red and orange, clear and bright.  The nose is great with honeyed figs, peaches and also blood oranges.  Viscous and sweet, not cloying.  On the palate, there is nice acidity.  The honeyed figs come thru and also a cherry note.  Long finish.  Complex and delicious.  This should have a long

My first time trying this winery and I was very impressed though it had issues.  Golden in color, with a slightly green hue to it.  The nose smelled like fireworks or gun powder.  I lovve that smell but it was a bit controversial.  It also had a sweaty, wet wool sock note to it.  In short, there seems to be a lot of sulfur showing here not too unlike how JJ Prums used to show a decade or so ago when the wines were young.  None of that bothered me personally.  There is also some lemon and wet rocks.  On the palate, this has a nice texture.  None of the sulfur carries thru to the palate.  Lem