Weingut Keller
My last few wine weeks were dominated by Pinot Blanc, so it seemed a good idea to return to the wonderful world of Riesling - in this case to the German wine region of Rheinhessen, where the Keller winery is based. Kellers have an awesome reputation and the demand for their premium wines is high enough that they can sell them in subscription. The wine to introduce today is not one of them, it is Keller's basic Riesling, no subscription necessary and a reasonable price.
It does not happen often, but it always leaves me a little sad when it happens. You open what promises to be a nice bottle of wine and then you realise that something has gone terribly wrong. Today it was a 2008 Weißburgunder (pinot blanc) from Keller - it should have been a nice and jolly food companion, perhaps creamy with hazelnut, and just pleasant to drink. [read the full post...]
This wine is a deceiver: it has very dark, intense red colour that could put the odd French Burgundy to shame and seems almost too much for a Pinot. In both nose and mouth it is a lot more substantial, forceful than we all expected it to be, not the usual mix of light cherries with smoke. [read the full post...]