Joined some wine friends for Thanksgiving ystrday. I'd forgotten how truly uplifting it can be to be around teen-agers and college kids. Among a bunch of excellent Pinots and Burgs, I brought two:
1. Staatlichen Weinbaudamonen Serriger Vogelsang Riesling QmP Auslese (A.P.Nr. 3 561 107 3 77; 10%) 1976: Surprising light golden color; lovely/perfumed Mosel valve oil/petrol slight earthy/hay-mow/vegetal fairly complex nose; very tart/lean dry/austere light Mosel valve oil/petrol slight earthy/slatey/mineral slight herbal/hay-mow flavor; med.long dry/austere/very acid light petrol/valve oil slight hay-mow/mineral/slatey/earthy somewhat complex finish; a bit disappointing but not a wine I'd throw out of bed. $6.09
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2, BonnyDoon Calif MuscatCanelli (10.35%; RS: 20 Brix) 1985: Quite cloudy/murky rather brown color; strong Muscatty/cheap hair-oil slight oxidized/cream sherry slight Moscatel de Setubal/oxidized rather interesting complex nose; quite sweet bit underacid Muscatty/hair oil bit oxidized/nutty/sherry complex flavor; med.long Muscatty/hair oil some oxidized/nutty finish; Actually quite pleasant to drink and rather typical of old Muscat, not too unlike a Muscatel de Setubal.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Serriger: I had very high expectations for this wine. The cork was sound and totally solidly emplaced in the btl. The light golden color, rather than deep burnished bronze as is typical of old Auslesen, indicated that the wine is still a youngester. The nose was rather low-key Mosel valve oil/petrol, but not particularly strong. There was an underlying hay-mow/vegetal component that, although not unpleasant, seemed out of place for an old Mosel. On the palate it was totally dried out, very hard/austere, and pretty low-key in flavor. The wines was not altogether unpleasant, but I suspect it'd seen its best days. Shows how little I know about predicting the ageibility of a wine!!!
Tom
