Friday night we had two Dessert wines to celebrate Laura's Dad's BD, Fernando. They were both excellent, as was Fernando; for a cranky ole grouch:
1. A.J.Adam Dhron Hofberg Riesling Spatlese (8.0%; A.P.Nr. 2 594 581 06 11; www.AJ-Adam.com; L04) A.J.Adam/Neuumagen/Dhron/Mosel 2010: Dark gold color w/ loads of tartrate crystals; very fragrant/perfumed/R/mango quite complex rather Mosel valve oil slightly pungent beautiful nose; slightly sweet some tart very strong pnegent/gout de petrol/valve oil lightly rich very complex flavor; very long/lingering light Mosel valve oil/complex; not a lot of botrytis present & not that sweet but a beautiful expression of a lovely mature Mosel that should go another 6-12 yrs.
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2. Ronchi di Pietro Picolit Dd'OCG WW (14%; EnotecImprts/Denver) Cividale del Friuli/Monviert 2016: Very dark gold color; very intense grapey/passito lightly floral/gardenias bit alcoholic some complex lovely very perfumed nose; quite sweet intense grapey/passito/lightly floral bit soft very lush slightly complex very intense grapey flavor; very long/lingering very grapey/passito rather youthful finish; still quite a youthful dessert wine that should go another 10-20 yrs.
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More piccoburt from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Two really exceptional dessert wines, though the Mosel wasn't that sweet to be a dessert wine, though it was a beautiful example of a mature Mosel Spatlese. The Picolet is a grape born in Friuli & most often made as a passito wine. This was on of the best Picolits I can recall having. But, as typical, pretty expensive for a Picolit, around $55/500 ml.
Tom