With tonight's dinner of Thai takeout (late work night for me) we opened a bottle that had been languishing on the rack since we lugged it back from a Michigan vacation last summer:
2008 Chateau Grand Traverse Semi-Dry Riesling nose: intense stone fruit, hint of minerals palate: initially, a bit soft (too warm) but turning more defined and focused as it cooled
We have enjoyed the dry Rieslings from this producer in the Old Mission Peninsula outside of Traverse City over the past few years, so I had decided to give their semi-dry a shot. It was comparable in many ways to many of the QbA Rieslings I've tried over the past few years from the better producers (Leitz, Zilliken, Dönnhoff) if a bit less acidic. Very tasty and a nice match for our roast duck in red curry.
Mark Lipton