Hit up Aqua Grill for lunch and my dining companion brought a lovely bottle of 1990 Schloss Saarstein Serriger Schloss Saarsteiner Spatlese. I have always loved this estate for its wines of racy acidity and beautifully detailed lemon-curd like fruit. After 17 years this wine showed no signs of slowing down with its crisp acidity, fat ripe midpalate and long detailed finish. The confectionary quality on the nose really started to shine after an hour open. Just a lovely wine and matched very well with crab cakes and a soft shell crab sandwich. This wine was in a perfect place but can easily hold for ten more years. Now I am off to a major Riesling geekfest at Grand Sichuan. More on that later. Prost!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
There is nothing like a well aged Riesling with lunch on a steamy afternoon in New York City
Hit up Aqua Grill for lunch and my dining companion brought a lovely bottle of 1990 Schloss Saarstein Serriger Schloss Saarsteiner Spatlese. I have always loved this estate for its wines of racy acidity and beautifully detailed lemon-curd like fruit. After 17 years this wine showed no signs of slowing down with its crisp acidity, fat ripe midpalate and long detailed finish. The confectionary quality on the nose really started to shine after an hour open. Just a lovely wine and matched very well with crab cakes and a soft shell crab sandwich. This wine was in a perfect place but can easily hold for ten more years. Now I am off to a major Riesling geekfest at Grand Sichuan. More on that later. Prost!
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