2009 Joachim Flick Riesling QbA trocken "F.
Vini et Vita" (Germany, Rheingau)
I picked this bottle
up at a weinschenk in Hamburg during my European vacation last year. My
girlfriend and I were roaming the city of her ancestors, drinking beer and taking
pictures when I stumbled across a tiny wine shop bursting with rieslings from Germany's Rheingau and Mosel regions. I bought
this bottle for about 8 Euros. Now I wish I would’ve bought a half-case.
I had planned on
drinking this wine later in the trip when we spent several days in the Mosel
Valley, but I had more wine than I knew what to do with, so I ended up bringing
it back to the states with a bunch of other hand-picked German rieslings. Last
night my girlfriend and I put together a German meal of paprika-spiced pork
chops, cauliflower and potato mash and pickled red cabbage. With a meal like
this, riesling is a no-brainer.
The aromas are
the epitome of freshness: lots of white flowers, lemon zest, minerals. The
intensity of the aromas is impressive.
On the palate,
this wine is full of tangy acid, which is matched by lots of fresh fruit. The
wine has a plump feel, especially on the finish, but the acid is ever-present,
keeping it balanced. It starts off with fresh lime and ruby red grapefruit flavors,
and transitions to nectarine and fresh apricot. The fruit is absolutely
delicious. And this wine is “trocken,” meaning it’s a dry wine, so the fruit
doesn’t taste sweet or goopy.
This is what I
look for in the 2009 vintage, that pure fruit, but also some brisk acid and
minerality to give it that firm backbone. The finish tingles with Meyer lemon
and minerals.
German
rieslings. This is why I love them. And the pairing worked out perfectly.
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