The Riesling orgy continues

My new range of Mosel Rieslings arrived in bond yesterday, so are now officially "in stock". And because there are so many of them (14 in all) I've been facing a race against time to write all the tasting notes for my website. I've only 4 more to go, now (plus a solitary Weisserburgunder and the grower profiles) which I hope to complete over another Riesling-fuelled weekend, in time for sending out a newsletter early next week. Here are my notes on a couple of delicious Auslesen, tasted last night.

Dr F Weins-Prum Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese 2009 Mosel - £16.75

A bright, limpid, pale yellow/straw colour!. As with all of the Weins-Prum wines, the nose is delicate and refined, yet full of subtle complexity. This one shows plenty of wet slate minerality, even a hint of steeliness, but also plenty of fruit, in the way of dessert apples, lemon and flowers, along with an enticing hint of clarified butter. Again, the palate has a good deal of residual sugar, but this is tempered with intense, laser-like acidity and that ever-present mineralit, which carries through to a long, lingering finish. This really is elegant in the extreme - and another wine with tremendous potential to age and evolve.

Dr F Weins-Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2009 Mosel - £17.30

Ultra-pale straw/gold colour. The nose offers delicate aromas of spring flowers, stone fruits, lime zest and mandarin, with a hint of oregano. More than anything though, this wine speaks strongly of slate/minerality. The palate is loaded with all manner of citrus and stone fruit flavours, and is fairly rich and intense, even honeyed - as you would expect from a wine of this level of ripeness. But all of that intensity and richness is more than matched by utterly mouth-watering acidity and again a strong impression of minerality. The result is a wine of great focus, purity and elegance - and impressive length. Yet again, this wine is just wonderful to drink now, but also has great cellaring potential. I would expect it to reach its peak sometime after 2020.

Incidentally, both of these wines coped admirably with a light supper of home-made smoked mackerel paté, lightly-dressed salad and warm crusty bread.