WTN: Mosel Riesling and Touraine SB

A pair of recent whites, with not a lot in common except that I really enjoyed both:

2007 Riesling Spaetlese Piesporter Goldtrofchen, Reuscher-Haart, Mosel:

Somewhat more gold than expected with a tiny whiff of petrol on the nose. A bit of spritz too. Lots of rich pineapple and guava offset perfectly with crips acids. Some firm mineral tones lurk in the background. Not sure it is a long term ager, but drinking well now. Really great length - an excellent spaetlese and a good value at $19. 9% abv with a glass stopper.

2008 Sauvingnon Blanc Tourine "Les Hexagonales", Jean Merieau:

Again, a bit of refreshing spritz with a light bronze color. Typical Loire SB aromatics with a hint of cinnamon. This tends to the grapefruit/lime end of the spectrum with a hint of grass and steel. Crisp and dry but not punishingly so. Very solid wine from an artisanal producer making it a great buy at $12. Synthetic cork, 12.5% abv.

Nice to see a Touraine note Joe. Did not know you were a big fan!!

Not a Loirehead, but I do appreciate the stuff. When the SB urge hit I thought about picking up the CRB Touranine but thought I might try something different.

When I first worked in Germany as a civilian with the Army near Mannheim, there was a little German restaurant within walking distance of my rooms. They had a Piesporter Michelsberg on their wine list and that was my first love among German wines. (The Goldtropchen is a defined vineyard where I think Michelsberg is a more generic labeling.) I hadn't heard of Reuscher-Haart but the latter part of that name is familiar. Probably a branch of the same family.

Reuscher-Haart has a nice website if you can understand a bit of German: http://www.weingut-reuscher-haart.de
Germany is great if you love to try various small producers, providing you have access, which can be probematic some parts of the US.