For this year’s Christmas, I picked four wines to pair with a down to earth broth fondue. For aperitif, we started with a champagne by Henri Giraud. From there we went to Burgundy, then Bordeaux, and ended up at the Saar in Germany. Originally, I’d chosen a 1996 Sauternes to wrap things up but we decided to keep that bottle for another time. 2026 Christmas, perhaps?
Pale lemon yellow. Clean bouquet, medium intensity. Mandarins, lemon, peach, green apples, sweet grapes. Very fruity and open in style. On the palate, acidity is high to keep the sweetness in balance. Lean body on low alcohol. Long finish with lasting yellow fruits. Animating and savoury, this classic Riesling style is good both as aperitif and as digestif.
Drink through 2028.
Tasted by Dominik Müller on Sunday, 24 December 2023.
| Flawed? | no | |
| DM: |
10Wines with a DM9 to DM12 rating are very good wines, above average even in the world of fine wine. That means these wines have been produced really well. They are pure, balanced, and have no flaw whatsoever. They begin to show complexity. Moreover, these wines have their own character and transport typicity and terroir. / 20 ("very good") |
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| Favourite: | No |
| Vintage: | 2021 |
| Colour: | white |
| Style: | still (off-dry) |
| Assemblage: | no |
| Grape variety: | Riesling |
| For assemblages, the main grape variety is shown. | |
| Producer: | Felix Weber |
| Country: | Germany |
| Region: | Mosel Saar Ruwer |
| Subregion: | n/a |
| Appellation: | n/a |
| Vineyard: | Wiltinger Braunfels |
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