Ste Chapelle Riesling Vintage: 2005 Purchased: Feb 8th 2007 Price: $5.99 Purchase Location: Safeway Categories: Idaho - Riesling - White

Tasting Notes:

I bought this because it was cheap and I'd never had it before. I need a whole bottle of riesling to poach pears in for my Valentines day dessert. Both this and the Chateau Ste Michelle were the same price, and I'd never tried this before so I picked it up.

I only tasted a small bit, since I needed the whole bottle for the dessert. I wouldn't say it was bad, just not exactly my style. It had ripe peach and apricot flavors. I didn't detect any mineral or spice flavors at all. It also was fairly sweet, at least 2% residual sugar. I didn't feel like their was enough acidity to balance all that sugar.

If you get a chance try the dry riesling that they make. I much prefer it to this one. It's about the same price and much more interesting.


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