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Retzstadter Langenberg Bacchus Kabinett Halbtrocken 2006

Vintage 2006 / Retzstadter Langenberg #Bacchus Kabinett / When I told my tailor Paul I visited winegrowers in Franken, the land of ‘bocksbeutel’ bottles, he said: hold on, went to his office and returned with this bottle. How about this? He asked. I thought: 2006... that wine must me dead, Paul, I am sorry. Well take it with you and see, he told me. I put it in the fridge, looked suspiciously at the screw cap... and opened this #Franken wine a few hours later. Colour of old gold, not bad at all... Sniff, sniff. A smell with hints of tangerine, honey, a rose garden. I looked better at the label and then saw: halbtrocken. And kabinett. That means there is residual sugar in this wine (‘restsüsse’). I sip... and am amazed: it is still correct, more than that: it is a joy to drink! In the smell also citrus, gets better with aeration. How amazing wine can be... grow older... and still be vibrant. Lovely experience. / Bacchus is a crossing of riesling and sylvaner and Müller thurgau. — 6 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Peter van den Besselaar

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@Severn Goodwin indeed. I brought Paul a good bottle Saumur Champigny to start his holiday 🙂

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Sommeracher Katzenkopf Kabinett Bacchus 2013

When the summer temperatures rise, you reach for the soft and less acidic #Bacchus; This fresh and aromatic #Franken hybrid gets some good characters from its parent Riesling, whilst keeping a simple sweetness. Easy day to day #Kabinett wine. — 9 years ago