Shared these two new wines w/ Susan last night:
1. clemensbusch Riesling trocken (10.5%; Q; A.P.Nr. 1635 018 1524; LouisDressner/NY) Weingut Clemens Busch/Punderich/Mosel 2023: Light gold color; pleasant floral/R/mango/pineapple light Mosel/valve oil/petrol some flinty/mineral bit lightweight classic Mosel nose; lightly tart slightly off-dry (0.3%-0.5%) lightish Mosel/R/floral/mango slight metallic/tangy slight Mosel/flinty/mineral flavor; med.short finish that tracks flavor; a pleasant-enough lightweight Mosel but nothing special; rather lightweight & unthrilling; bit too vapid/watery for my tastes. $22.00 (KK)
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2. CinQuin Syrah SantaRitaHills (14.5%; www.LaBargeWinery.com) LaBargeVnyds & Wnry/Lompoc 2018: Very dark/near black color; strong peppery/cold-climate/Syrah strong spicy/blackberry/Syrah fairly strong/toasty/Fr.oak some complex nose; quite tart/tangy strong peppery/c-c/Syrah fairly intense blackberry/Syrah/boysenberry some toasty/oak very structured flavor w/ ample hard tannins; long hard/tannic finish that tracks flavor; a big hard/structured Syrah that needs 4-8 yrs; some like a big Jaffurs Syrah but much less oak; shows no signs of its age. $27.50 (KK)
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More sennlefirk from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. The clemensbusch was a new Mosel producer for me. Probably not likely to try any other of their wines.
LaBarge Vnyds was a new label to me. Founded by Pierre LaBarge who hails from a wealthy St.Louis family. Schooled at Cal Poly. Looking at the GoogleMaps, it looks roughly the location of the old Peter Cargasacchi vnyd on the Western Edge of the SRHills. The clonal selection of the Syrah suggests otherwise.
The wine shows no signs of its 8 yrs of age. So I suspect it may not age into anything interesting. But I could be wrong...it happens.
Tom