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Estate Riesling QBA

Producer: Willi Schaefer
Style: White
Vintage: 2008
Grapes: Riesling 100%
Region: Germany < Mosel < Graach

PRICE: $20

Tasting Notes and Food Pairing Suggestions

  • Thai green papaya salad with shrimp and crushed peanuts
  • Spicy chicken curry with basmati rice and mint raita
  • Sweet and spicy Asian pork spareribs

This Kabinett-style (ie, on the drier side) Mosel Riesling from cult producer Willi Schaefer drinks like a FAR more expensive wine, showing velvety apricot and white peach fruit, bracing acidity, elegant minerality, and characteristic petrol notes on the nose.

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