To the left the cork@the base of the bottle
Dug out a 1976 Forster Ungeheur Riesling Spätlese, Rheinfalz, Deinhard last evening -
no idea when or where we bought this probably 30 years ago. Opened it
because I noticed that the cork had completely fallen, so level down a
couple of inches and wine only held in by firm lead capsule! have no idea how long ago the cork slipped into the wine!
Just to show how resilient some wines are this is very drinkable sporting a deeply burnished gold colour and alcohol between 8-10 (wonderfully imprecise).
Just to show how resilient some wines are this is very drinkable sporting a deeply burnished gold colour and alcohol between 8-10 (wonderfully imprecise).
2 comments:
Jim,
Mosel/Rhine Reislings do seem to be the most indestructible non-fortified wine. Anyway topic to discuss
Graham
Jim, I buy Forster Ungeheuer Riesling every time I run across one – that is, financial situation allowing. Mine is usually von Bassermann-Jordan’s, every bit as good as Deinhard’s which is OK as well. But I tend to leave the corks intact, as I think it better that way! Presently, they all come with screw caps, by the way. Surely you know they were allegedly Bismark’s favorite “Gewächs” ? Ungeheuer means approximately “monster” and me, for one, don’t want to “spare anyone’s life from this monstrosity”.
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