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- Bucko - 10-15-2000 Anyone lucky enough to be invited to Bryan Loofbourrow's house, on Vashon Island, for a Chinese dinner can count their blessings. He is truly a talented chef when it comes to this cuisine. He prepared a multi-course dinner to highlight a 10 bottle Eiswein tasting. I can't do justice to the wines, but I'll make a small effort. We did them blind, two flights of five, with one ringer. Flight One #1 - Rich, ripe peach and apricot nose, viscous, very sweet, with massive apricot and a hint of ruby red grapefruit, sharp acidity and a very long aftertaste. A beauty. My #1 Group #4 Muller-Catoir Mussbacher Eselshaut #2 - Minerals and honey on the nose. Again, very sweet, less adventurous fruit, stones, peaches, lively acidity. My #2 Group #1 Prinz Hallgartener Jungfer #3 - Secondary fermentation in this one, Eiswein Champagne. Mandarin orange nose, very sweet, honey, apples, nice acid, but obviously carbonated. My #5 Group #5 Balbach Nierstein Oelberg #4 - Lots of honeysuckle, jasmine and slate on the nose, sweet, less perceived acidity than the first three, with dense, thick fruit that is hard to describe. My #3 Group #2 von Buhl Forster Ungeheuer #5 - Refreshing nose with hints of nectarine, very sweet, viscous, dense fruit, hints of minerals, again with less perceived acidity than the first three. My #4 Group #3 Milz Trittenheimer Apotheke Flight 2 #1 - Honey, peaches, apricot and botrytis on the nose. Very rich, sweet, with luscious pear and peach fruit, honeyed flavors, thick and lush. A winner. My #1 Group #1 The ringer - Muller-Catoir Rieslaner #2 - Heavy peach nose with a fresh hops character that I have never experienced before that persists onto the palate. Very rich, honeyed with a touch of spice. My #4 Group #5 Haart Piesporter Goldtropfchen #3 - Hints of petrol on the fruity nose, very acidic, with rich peach flavors, and a long aftertaste. My #2 Group #2 Donhoff Oberhauser Brucke #4 - Fresh, fruity, crisp, peach fruit, a nutty quality and light honey flavors in a lovely package. My #3 Group #3 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich One-star #5 - Totally different nose than the rest, more candied, same with the taste, some candied character that is not pleasant to me personally. My #5 Group #4 Loewen Leiwener Klostergarten Fabulous food, wine and company -- can't ask for more (except maybe the Mariners winning the baseball game). Thanks Bryan! Bucko |