Dale, what little Spatburgunder eiswein I've seen all seems to come from the town of Assmannshausen in the lower part of the Rheingau region.
I'm looking at a half bottle as I type this and it's a 1998 (bought in Dec.
2001) labeled Assmannshauser Hollenberg. The producer is Hessische Staatsweinguter and I bought it at the winery. I can't remember the price but my guess is that at the time it was the equivalent of US$ 50. Regards, John Quinn
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The producer of two of the three Icewines is Ernst Bretz, Bechtolsheim- Rheinhessen. I recently had their Bechtolsheimer Homberg Reisling Icewine and thought it was very good, and at $15 US it was DoublePlusGood! The Gewurtz is by G+M Machmer, Bechtheim- Rheinhessen labeled Bechtheimer Rosengarten. All were bought from Sams Wine in Chicago. I don't have the money to buy expensive wines and actually drink them so low priced wines are my quest- and the most dissapointing wines I've had were expensive and not very good. One recent find was a Balthasar Ress Hattenheimer Schutzenhaus Kabinet at only $13 and it was superb!
I am not an expert on icewines ad I generally like dry full bodied red wines or an earthy chardonnay. I tried Peller Estates Riesling ice wine reserve and it was very smooth and sweet but I found myself wondering how many other things I could have bought with all that money.
Joe
They are all single vineyard wines. I don't know these however, and only find Ress in my sources with a not too impressive score. Fairly good in an average sense, so to speak. Anders
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