WTN: Weil & Bürklin-Wolf

• 2002 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Erstes Gewächs - Germany, Rheingau (4/14/2008)
  A very pure, but rather charmless nose of minerals, stone fruit and citrus. Dry, forceful, good fruit but rather tart and charmless. I often find MSR and Rheingau Trockens rather difficult to enjoy, and though this seems more balanced than most others I've tried, I still find it a bit charmless. A greasy pork dish with a touch of cinnamon brought out the fruit and provided a little bit more charm.
• 2005 Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Pinot Noir Trocken - Germany, Pfalz (4/14/2008)
  Ripe and quite spicy, typical Pinot in its beet-root and vegetal aromas, shows a warm year character with its dark toned fruit and sweetness. Moderate in weight, but ripe and persistent though not terribly intense. Fairly long and attractively mineral on the finish. Nice! Carelian pot (slowly cooked beef and pork, very simple, with just pepper and salt - traditional Finnish dish, not IMO usually very tasty) became interesting with the wine.

Posted from CellarTracker

[David M. Bueker]

Charm is something many trockens tend to lack. A year like 2002 with moderate to higher acidity can exacerbate that. The producers are getting better at it though, and the trockens get more interesting each year.

The producers are getting better at it though, and the trockens get more interesting each year.

I have enjoyed Pfalz trockens. But apart from the occasional Breuer, who makes good trockener more north?

-O

[David M. Bueker]

The producers are getting better at it though, and the trockens get more interesting each year.

I have enjoyed Pfalz trockens. But apart from the occasional Breuer, who makes good trockener more north?

-O

Leitz does a very fine job, especially his Alte Reben bottlings. In the Mosel I enjoy St. Urbans-Hof. I also really enjoy the Heymann-Lowenstein wines (see a recent note here).