Betsy was making blackfish (one of my faves) with a curry butter, I was thinking halbtrocken/feinherb Riesling. Was looking through mixed Riesling box and saw the 2009 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Schlossberg ‘Schmitt’. No pradikat, but I thought much too sweet, but opened CT on my phone to see. Scrolled down to favorite TNs and saw one from Salil: " Very pale and aromatic, showing fresh herb-tinged pear and apple fruit over a minerally base. It comes across a little austere and light in the mouth though, certainly pleasant but I wonder how far even a little bit of residual sugar would go here in rounding this out." Wow, so a dry wine. Not exactly what I was looking for but let’s give it a go. So pop at dinner, surprised by golden color. Hmmm, blast of sweetness, tropical fruit with an apricot botrytis note. Powerful and buoyed by great acids, but not what I was looking for. B+/A- for the wine, C- for match. Switched to leftover Gunderloch trocken. Looked back, and 2 other notes from Salil that are totally spot on, so assuming the austere note was accurate for a different SO ZS bottling (it gets confusing)
During the Underground Cellars bankruptcy (incredible pricing, but expensive shipping to East Coast), I had ordered a mixed case including a couple bottles of 2019 Perroud Brouilly Enfer des Balloquets. 8 bottles of other stuff arrived, they credited me for 2 bottles of Oz Riesling, but said the Perroud was coming later. 2 bottles arrived, opened one last night (with salmon, sweet potato, and kale/cabbage salad). But then noticed it was the 2019 Perroud La Pente Brouilly- slightly cheaper bottle, but at $6 (plus $7 shipping) not worth contesting as they shut down operations. Tasty wine- ripe cherry, pomegranate, a little smoke and allspice. B
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C drinkable. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.