Region: Franken, Germany
Vineyard: Rödelseer Küchenmeister
Ripeness: Spätlese
Maker: Gebiets–Winzergenossenschaft Franken eG (GWF Co-op), Kitzingen, Germany
Grape: Scheurbe a.k.a Sämling 88 (Riesling x an unknown, probably wild, vine)
Vintage: 2000
ABV: 12%
Color: light amber
Nose: relatively dry, slightly musty, but fruity
Palate: mildly fruity, ripe Bosc pears, ripe golden delicious apples. The strong grapefruit flavor in mentioned by some reviewers, typical of underripe Scheurebe was completely absent here. This is a delicious, elegant, complex, Riesling-esque wine.
Finish: light and sweet, but not cloying, a lingering taste of pear in the cheeks.
Parting Words: This bottle was my first taste of Franken or of Scheurbe. Scheurbe is not widely grown in Franken, and much of the Franken in this (fairly low) price range is made from the almost always dull Müller-Thurgau grape,not the Silvaner, Kerner or other grapes that comprise the finer Frankens. At under $10 in my neck of the woods, this wine is a great option for German wine dilettantes like myself who are looking to mix it up once in a while.
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