WTN: Dürk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

[David M. Bueker]

• 2001 Darting Dürkheimer Nonnengarten Rieslaner Auslese - Germany, Pfalz (1/17/2024)
  Never mind that the cork slipped into the bottle the moment it was touched, this was still a fabulous bottle of wine. Cinnamon, ripe to falling off the tree peaches, concentrated honey, golden raisins, we’re all backing up by ripping acidity, and a level of concentration more akin to Sauternes. Way back in 2003 when I first drank a bottle of this wine it was sweet, bright and fun. Over 20 years later it’s a reminder that a wine doesn’t have to be expensive (this was $22) to be special. Drink now or until the dinosaurs again walk the earth.

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Is rieslaner a very common wine in the Pfalz? I usually associate it with Franken.

-Paul W.

[David M. Bueker]

Douglas Adams fan, are we?

Is rieslaner a very common wine in the Pfalz? I usually associate it with Franken.

-Paul W.

There is not as much Rieslaner in the Pfalz as there used to be, but it still shows up a good bit. Muller-Catoir has made it and continues to do so. Obviously Darting. Messmer also makes it, and I know there are a number of others.

In the Pfalz it tends to be dessert style.