TN '04 Vollrads Kabinett

Jun 27, 2007 4 Replies
M

Last night, amidst a frenzied effort to finish a mammoth proposal to the NIH, Jean and I ducked out for a quick dinner at one of the most interesting dining options in town, a wine/tapas bar with the best wine list in town.



With various small plates (shrimp cocktail, bruschetta, "crab bread") we got a bottle of:


2004 Schloss Vollrads Riesling Kabinett color: very pale nose: lime, minerals, a hint of petrol, peaches palate: light, fairly crisp, good acidity, some RS, citrus, minerals

While not a profound wine, certainly a nicely appealing one and perfectly suited for the night at 9.0% ABV. And, since this was 1/2 price night at the wine bar, a good QPR option at $16 a bottle.



Side note: this was the first bottle I've seen with that newfangled glass stopper thingie. We had an amusing moment when I first went to pour from the bottle and nothing came out...



Mark Lipton


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G

This is the first report that I have heard of a "glass stopper thingie." Could you describe it further? Is it in place of a cork, synthetic stopper, screw cap, or ???

Godzilla

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M

Take a look at the producer's (ALCOA Germany) homepage:

You need special bottles for the stopper.

M.

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C

I find your notes interesting, because this is the "new" Schloss Vollrads, and I know only the wines from Erwein Count Matuschka who died suddenly in 1997. The property had been in his family for many hundreds of years. He apparently had trouble with finding enough funds for the huge(by German standards) estate. This likely contributed to some decline in the more basic wines and likely to his very tragic death. Some think the average quality of the wines from this estate has increased since 1998. The count did much to encourage matching the dryer wines with food.

However the quality of the top late harvest wines from this estate was never in question, at least to me. I think tasting the very great 1976 TBA would prove this point to most people.

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S

After the tragic death of the count Dr. Hepp took over the winery for the bank that controls it. He fired the cellar staff and brought the quality of the wines up so they are now some of the best in the Rhiengau.

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