Vincent Gaudry Sancerre La Tournebride 2010
24,50€; 13% abv. A really wonderful Sancerre. No cat's piss, no gooseberry sharpness, instead there is a wonderfully pure aroma of apples and minerals. It smells pretty ripe, and it tastes ripe, too, but it isn't heavy or sweet. It is dry, pleasantly acidc and grippy, but not harsh in any way. Pure and lovely and elegant. If all Sauvignon Blanc were like this, I would be a fan of the grape.
Selbach-Oster Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese 2007
19,90€; 8% abv; 105 g/l RS; 7,7 g/l acidity. A wonderfully mineral aroma, but a ripe style of Riesling with aromas verging on tropical, slight petrol already. Wonderfully savoury with a slight quinine-bitterness despite the sweetness and ripeness; moderate acidity, lacking perhaps a bit of the cut and precision that I would hope for (but this seems to be the norm in such ripe vintages), but still a very attractive wine. Lovely.