Le Tastevin - German Riesling (Part 2), Bordeaux 1998 & 1999 - September 14, 2022

The 2022-2023 tasting season regular meetings began with more German whites and some older Bordeaux offerings. With regards to our older Bordeaux reds, the lesson to be learned is the importance of climate control: a number of wines that should have lasted were undrinkable (e.g, Clos des Jacobins, Clinet). Wines that were retained in a stable, cool environment drank well, even after 20 years.

German White

2002 Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach Steinberger, Riesling Spätlese (Rheingau)
2002 Toni Jost Wallufer Walkenberg, Riesling Spätlese (Mittelrhein)
2003 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg, Riesling Spätlese (Nahe)
2017 Domdechant Werner Kirchenstück Riesling Trocken, GG (Rheingau)

Bordeaux Red

1998 Château Les Grandes Murailles (Saint-Émilion)
1998 Château Petit-Village (Pomerol)
1999 Château Leoville Poyferre (Saint-Julien)
1999 Château Haut Brion (Pessac-Léognan)
1998 Château Bourgeauf (Pomerol)
2000 Château Clos St. Martin (Saint-Émilion)
1999 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière (Saint-Émilion)

Dessert

1975 Berncasteler Doctor, Weingut Dr. H. Thanisch, Riesling Auslese (Mosel)

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