26 Sep, 2006
The Rail Trail by Leasingham Clare Valley 2005 Riesling (South Australia)
Death Valley!
I knew when I picked this up at Sam's Club for $10 this might be trouble. We've never had any luck with riesling from Australia - it's such a hot place to grow grapes. Very un-Germany-like. At 12% alcohol, we knew it would be dry. I found only one review on the internet about this, and it describes this riesling as DRY as Death Valley at noon in August. Hmmmm...not what I was looking for since we like off-dry riesling. This had a lovely yet new world apricot nose - quite delicate. But on the palate, it was 80% alcohol flavour. The palate did NOT match the nose. It may be better with fish or chicken (I doubt it.) Not good with sharp cheddar and whole wheat crackers. YUCK!
Rating: 5.5 out of 10
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