louis guntrum eiswein 2001

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It is still good Eiswein normally lives up to 10-20 years Your bottle is from a large producer, without a vineyard designation, and so probably is a blend of various eiswein batches of lesser quality. Is it a Riesling? Or is it the "Penguin" Ice Wine made from the Sylvaner grape? The latter received a recommended degree at an Eiswein fair in Hamburg last year (but didn't reach the higher levels of 1, 2 or 3 stars) I'd open it in the near future, i.e. now or in the next 2-3 years... Anders

it is the penguin ice, . . . and thanks for the help.

Do you have any god suggestions I should look for in eiswein around the $50 USD range ?

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I have no idea about the availability of any make of Eiswein in the U.S., nor the local price levels...

50USD is about 40Euro I think, and if we guess that the price is doubled from winery to Texas(?) we'll have to look for something in the 20Euro range, which is a low price. In fact, I'm a bit hard put to find a representative one - there's Mittelrhein, Weingut August & Thomas Perll, 93 Punkte, 25.00 ? 2001, Boppard, Hamm Mandelstein, Riesling, Eiswein

which is very good value.

The Kees-Kieren winery is larger and both of these are good, especially the

2001, but near double of your asking price.

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Weingut Kees-Kieren, 93 Punkte, 35.00 ?

2002, Graach, Himmelreich, Riesling, Weißwein, Eiswein

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Weingut Kees-Kieren, 95 Punkte, 35.00 ?

2001, Graach, Himmelreich, Riesling, Weißwein, Eiswein

And finally this one:

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Weingut Reinhard & Beate Knebel, 95 Punkte, 40.00 ?

2001, Winningen, Röttgen, Riesling, Weißwein, Eiswein

Should you be able to find one of these it'll be a treat - drinking till

2020, even 2040..., but given the tiny quantities produced of such wine they are highly unlikely to be found anywhere... :-)

Anders