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'Essence' Riesling
May. 19th, 2010 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sidI had better post about this wine so that the empty bottle can go out with the recyling tonight!
This is a 2005 S.A. Prüm riesling called 'Essence', from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer area. I believe I paid somewhere around US$10-13 for it. I bought it specifically to go with shrimp cocktail - riesling was recommended and I hoped this choice would succeed.
Did it? Well, it wasn't bad! The wine and the shrimp were happy together, but no marriage took place.
My uneducated palate thought it was fruity and a little sour at first taste, and it didn't seem to alter character much when paired with my plate of food. Along with the shrimp cocktail I had red grapes, parmesan cheese, club crackers and raw broccoli with a little sour cream/mayonnaise dip. I'd have to call this wine food-friendly, since it tasted fine with all of the above. (Except possibly the broccoli, but I didn't like the broccoli much myself, so it's hard to say for sure. I wish I'd blanched it first.)
The label says: Its fragrant aroma and fresh fruit flavor is perfectly balanced by a racy mineral character.
I don't think I would buy this again, in the hopes of finding something else that I enjoyed a little more. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that it was a screw cap, and I had a very hard time getting it open!
This is a 2005 S.A. Prüm riesling called 'Essence', from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer area. I believe I paid somewhere around US$10-13 for it. I bought it specifically to go with shrimp cocktail - riesling was recommended and I hoped this choice would succeed.
Did it? Well, it wasn't bad! The wine and the shrimp were happy together, but no marriage took place.
My uneducated palate thought it was fruity and a little sour at first taste, and it didn't seem to alter character much when paired with my plate of food. Along with the shrimp cocktail I had red grapes, parmesan cheese, club crackers and raw broccoli with a little sour cream/mayonnaise dip. I'd have to call this wine food-friendly, since it tasted fine with all of the above. (Except possibly the broccoli, but I didn't like the broccoli much myself, so it's hard to say for sure. I wish I'd blanched it first.)
The label says: Its fragrant aroma and fresh fruit flavor is perfectly balanced by a racy mineral character.
I don't think I would buy this again, in the hopes of finding something else that I enjoyed a little more. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that it was a screw cap, and I had a very hard time getting it open!
