Like we mentioned a few weeks ago, this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday is hosted by Tim over at Winecast.net and the theme is Old World Riesling (which means wines made with Riesling from Germany, Austria or Alsace).

We’re were all looking forward for this tasting as we had a natural impulse to compare it with our own Vinho Verde. The tasting didn’t disappoing and it made learn a bit more about the grape and the regions from where we choose to drink.

The wines
We thought that buying a Riesling in Portugal was going to be an easy task but only after doing some digging we were finally able to get 2 bottles of Riesling: a Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Urgestein 2006 and Weingut Magdalenenhof Rüdesheimer Burgweg Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken 2006

 

The Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Urgestein 2006 is from the wine region of Kamptal which is the biggest wine region in Austria and one of the most well known for Rieslings in that country.

The Rüdesheimer Burgweg Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken 2006 (which must be one of the longest wine names ever) is made in Germany more precisely in Rheingau where main grape variety is the Riesling.

The tasting
We met for the tasting and as always we had a great time together discussing and enjoying the wines. Each of use made their own notes which are (of course) on Adegga. Here’s what each of use thought of these 2 wines.

Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Urgestein 2006

Emídio Santos: Clean with hay yellow color. Fresh with citric aromas (lime, apple). Underlying mineral and a delicate fragrances of wood. On the palate good acidity with citric aromas and a mineral touch. Good structure with a long lasting finish. (16 in 20) (view note)

André Cid: Eye - yellow hay on the Nose - tones of peach, “nespra”, lemon and melon on the Mouth - not so profound. (14 in 20) (view note)

André Ribeirinho: A wine with a yellow-almost-white color. On the nose lots of mineral aromas. A live wine that on the palate provided evolving sense of fruit. Lemon is always present and some banana and peach coming after the initial tasting. A very interesting wine for end of the day glass of white wine. (13 in 20) (view note)

Rüdesheimer Burgweg Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken 2006

Emídio Santos: Clean pale yellow colour. Weak nose, denoting some sweetness, apple aroma with honey traces. Smooth mouth with some acidity. Very short finish. (10 in 20) (view note)

André Ribeirinho: Light yellow color. A sense of sweetness in the wine. Very very shy on the nose and on the palate. (10 in 20) (view note)

André Cid: Eye - Clear almost white Nose - citrus Mouth - sweet (10.5 in 20) (view note)

Finally
We all liked the first wine and were happy to taste all the different fruits. However at €14 we agreed that it is bit expensive for this type of wine. The second wine didn’t excite any of us. After a day (on a second tasting) Emídio found it to be a bit more interesting but nevertheless nothing special.

If you want to see other wine tasted under this tag check the wbw45 tag page.

Interesting to how see how the tags wbw, wine blogging wednesday and wbw45 have been used a lot in the last 24 hours in the wine blogosphere showing that many wine bloggers have been publishing their entries in the last couple of hours. Here’s a screenshot from a very interesting feature we’ll be launching soon that allows us to see exactly this:

The next Wine Blogging Wednesday (#46) will be hosted by Dr. Debs of Good Wine Under $20.