2010 SIMPLE WINE DINNER SERIES NO.6 - "DRY" DINNER - Peach Garden @ OCBC Building
Millions Thanks to Ed, to make this happened. We have had a great GG tasting with famous or world acclaimed best Riesling producer. Despite the 12 GGs that we supposed to have, Ed has brought along two mysterious red, plus Paul's dessert, sweet Riesling - Spatlese from TM and a fortified from me. What a night, 17wines for 12pax!
The dishes are as great as usual in Peach, with special highlight of their signature Wasabi Prawn, Double-boiled Shark's Bone Cartilage Soup with Fish Maw and the absolutely delicious and refreshing dessert.
Menu
Serving:
- 8flight, each flight 2wines, blind.
- At the end of the night, everyone vote for their best 3wines of the night.
- Reveal the best 3wines of the night and its identity ^^
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1st Flight :: Wasabi Mayonnaise Prawn
The Diel isn't match with the prawn dishes which show very alcoholic and heaty attack.
Starter - Roasted Pork Cube
Fried Prawn with Wasabi Sauce accompanied w Fried Prawn with Salted York
01. 2007 Schlossgut Diel Dorsheimer Goldloch Riesling Großes Gewächs - Germany, Nahe
Alcohol :: 13%
Tasted Blind. Highly expressive and aromatic nose of floral, pink guava, peach with mineral, wet stone which is clean and focus. Entry attacked by ripe fruits, minerality and salted sea shell, spicy liquid rock, almost tasted like rock with hint of heat and alcohol at the very end with soft persistent finished with spicy, lemony undertones. This is fine, precise, and mineral driven with lots of power, almost clean and vibrant if not with the hint of alcohol at the very end. A lovely wine. Buy - Maybe
Tasted Blind. Highly expressive and aromatic nose of floral, pink guava, peach with mineral, wet stone which is clean and focus. Entry attacked by ripe fruits, minerality and salted sea shell, spicy liquid rock, almost tasted like rock with hint of heat and alcohol at the very end with soft persistent finished with spicy, lemony undertones. This is fine, precise, and mineral driven with lots of power, almost clean and vibrant if not with the hint of alcohol at the very end. A lovely wine. Buy - Maybe
02. 2007 Weingut Keller Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling Großes Gewächs trocken - Germany, Rheinhessen
Alcohol :: 13.5%Tasted Blind. Also very aromatic of red floral, towards Tropicana fruits like pineapple, peaches, fresh with hint of pink guava notes. Fruitier, bold and not as sharp compare to 2007 Diel Goldoch GG, with acidity appears in the mid palate toward the citrus and peaches like finishing. Overall this is also very fine GG with creamy friendly texture with light citrus lemony finish. Not bad, just not as precise. Hopefully another 3-5yrs of bottle age will shed off some fleshes and getting more balance with its fruits driven characteristic. Buy - No.
2nd Flight:: Double-boiled Shark's Bone Cartilage Soup with Fish Maw
Double-boiled Shark's Bone Cartilage Soup with Fish Maw
This is a MUST try! The soup is incredibly thick, with heavenly flavors. It deserve to be served on its own, and if there is any wines that could match the crazy thickness of this soup, it would be cognac or port.
Felsenberg, a huge surprised that it performed so well, a wine full of finesse, grace and in a total harmony. Bravo! Group #1, mine #1
03. 2007 Dönnhoff Schloßböckelheimer Felsenberg Riesling Felsenberg GG (Grosses Gewächs) - Germany, Nahe
Alcohol :: 13.5%
Tasted Blind. The nose is large scale, fresh, elegantly aromatic nose of floral, white fruits and adding complexity and depth with hint of steel, petroleum and mineral. Not like the wines in 1st Flight, this is beautifully ripe, soft elegant white fruits, gorgeously balance with its mineral, crush rock and ripe acidity. Painfully intense and rich yet feather like weight. Slight smoky spicy finish which goes on and on effortlessly. This is perfectly balance with gorgeous texture, laser like precision and focus along with highly complexity, great depth and full of finesse. Excellent! My WOTN. (and overwhelmingly voted #1 by the crowd) Buy - Yes.
04. 2008 Weingut Keller Dalsheimer Hubacker Riesling Großes Gewächs trocken - Germany, Rheinhessen
Alcohol :: 13%Tasted Blind. Very fruits driven nose of red & pink fruits, especially pink guava and pink grapefruits which remain pure and elegant with a dash of mineral. Intensely rich palate of crush rock, slate, balance out with ripe pink fruits and fresh citrus fruits. This is juicy, almost creamy texture with savory long finish. Despite of its power, this is drinking beautifully now for its creamy friendly balance texture and will certainly add more complexity with age. Same as wine No2, this is also lack of a bit in precision. Buy - Maybe
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