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Wine Details
Price:
$14.95 per bottle
Description:
The Hummer-driving set might call this a 'Girlie Riesling' (as if there was something bad about that). Pale green-gold Riesling colours shine from this wine, and a lovely, luscious, lifted aromas of ripe honeydew melon, lime zest, and banana vamp their way from the glass. All served on a slight biscuit note. Sweetness in the foretaste is neatly balanced with an acid tang at the end. The 2005 Riesling Medium-Dry makes an ideal sipping wine, or one to enjoy with a desert such as lemon meringue pie. This is a sociable, civilized Riesling.
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Varietal Definition
Riesling:
On the sweeter end of the spectrum, some of the best dessert wines should give thanks to the Riesling varietal. Riesling is known for its complementary nature of combining balanced acidity with sugar. Rieslings are made dry to sweet, but it is the sweet style Riesling that brought about its popularity in the United States. With the rise of spicy sauces, marinades and dips to flavor our meal, Riesling plays a part in taking off the edge of the heat. Riesling is known for a number of signature characteristics: floral, citrus and pear. Riesling has peaked in California with 11,000 acres planted. Today, Monterey County’s cool-climate areas and its long growing season produce good amounts of character for the Riesling grape. Outside of
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