Medium gold color. Loads of up-front fruit on the nose (ripe Delicious apples, pear), along with melted butter and slightly-petrolly minerals. Mouthfilling fruit, full-body, and with somewhat lower acid than I usually like in a Riesling, but it offers lots of clean, slightly sweet fruit and mineral flavors and has decent balance despite its size. B, but you have to be ready for the style. I think this was around $11 from Total Wine in Fairfax. Imported by Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL.
An idiosyncratic journal of wines I buy from a mix of Internet sources and retailers in the Northern Virginia/D.C. area. Mostly inexpensive and moderately-priced stuff, reflecting my frugal New England roots. Cent anni!
Friday, January 04, 2013
2011 Cono Sur RIESLING (Valle Central, Chile)
Medium gold color. Loads of up-front fruit on the nose (ripe Delicious apples, pear), along with melted butter and slightly-petrolly minerals. Mouthfilling fruit, full-body, and with somewhat lower acid than I usually like in a Riesling, but it offers lots of clean, slightly sweet fruit and mineral flavors and has decent balance despite its size. B, but you have to be ready for the style. I think this was around $11 from Total Wine in Fairfax. Imported by Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL.
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