Comments on Eating Leeds: WBW 45: Old World Riesling

Yep, Colin - 13%. "Wow" is probably the polite ve...

2008-05-12T19:37:00.000Z

Yep, Colin - 13%. "Wow" is probably the polite version of what I thought!

The Sybille Kuntz website does note that the winery achieves record sweetness levels with the grapes: "Their winery has broken regional records for the sugar count of its fruit."

However, I'm still not sure 13% has been achieved without chaptalisation: the wine is QbA (or Qualitatswein, under the new scheme) so they could have done. It's a shame the website doesn't offer more of the (boring wine geek) technical information!

13% for a German riesling - wow! And to think they...

2008-05-11T10:39:00.000Z

13% for a German riesling - wow! And to think they are often great wines to have on a sunny Sunday such as today, out in garden when all you want is something fresh and light.

That's amazing, Snekse!Well, you can't win them al...

2008-05-09T11:53:00.000Z

That's amazing, Snekse!

Well, you can't win them all, Tim, and I could have played it safe but there's no fun in that! Anyway, the wine wasn't bad ... I just felt that for a German Riesling it was priced just a tad too high - perhaps a function of buying at Harvey Nicks!

Thanks for joining us this month. Sorry your wine ...

2008-05-08T23:29:00.000Z

Thanks for joining us this month. Sorry your wine let you down but there will be plenty of great picks in my summary to be posted in a day or two.

Cheers,
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Tim Elliott
Winecast

Nice selection for WBW 45 :-)2002 Sybille Kuntz Ri...

2008-05-08T04:24:00.000Z

Nice selection for WBW 45 :-)

2002 Sybille Kuntz Riesling Trocken for WBW 45!