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This is a resource for people who want to buy an interesting bottle of wine on a budget of about $20. If you get lost between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and have access to a Dan Murphy's or Vintage Cellars (or Aldi, as of 2015!), you've come to the right place. Where possible, wines are listed with their single-bottle price from DM/VC/A and the winery's home page.

A good place to start is the 'Index', or if you know what type of wine you want, head straight to the 'Recommended Reds', 'Worthy Whites' or 'Stunning Sparklers' that only show 4 & 5☆ wines.

Your experience will be different to everyone else's, which makes wine such a pleasure. The same vintage wine at different ages will be distinct, as will the same aged wines from different vintages. What the glass holds is a unique parcel of time that should be enjoyed as such.

Saturday 13 April 2013

(W) Schloss Vollrads: "Volratz 1573" Riesling 2010, from Oestrich-Winkel, Rheingau, Germany

Smell
Early: Fresh and crisp apples fading to orchard flowers mingled with pineapple
Later: Greener apples stewed with rhubarb, dusted with spices and served on graphite

Taste
This pale gold wine opens strongly with a touch of acidity riding the crest of a wave of large firm stone fruit that leaves the mouth lightly rinsed in viscosity. The fruits remain omnipresent, albeit more tropical than before. As the bottle empties, the increasingly tropical fruit is cut and diced by lemon and lime riding on a blade of slate. The bottle finishes grippingly tart with cloyingly thick honey and cinnamon lurking beneath the impenetrable surface of citric acidity. Whilst this is certainly a young and fresh Riesling, it's by no means under-done. It's young love in a bottle - youthful, vibrant and energetic.

Tale
The family owned estate Schloss Vollrads has been selling wine just outside of Oestrich-Winkel since the early 1200s, which probably makes them the oldest commercial winery in Germany! The 200 acre winery produces only Rieslings and this particular label is named after the earliest known illustration of the Schloss (a German Château/Manor/Palace).

Price: $18
Quality: ☆☆☆☆
Value:   ☆☆☆☆

http://www.schlossvollrads.com/en.html
http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_348073



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