2011 Domaine Vinsmoselle Coteaux de Schengen Riesling
Posted: 14:43 Sat 05 Apr 2014
This was given to me by a friend from Luxembourg who likes giving it as a present because of it's obvious connection to the Schengen Agreement:
pale yellow, at first the smell reminds me of mirabelle, when the wine gets warmer with more air in the glass it smells more of apricot and spices (I think clove), medium bodied, for a wine from Luxembourg it is quite dry (normally wine from there has a little more residual sugar than their German counterparts), in the mouth there is apricot, a nice minerality and a certain spiciness, this spiciness is also in the aftertaste, the finish is rather short, good, but not outstanding.
The Coteaux de Schengen range seems to be the premium wines of Domaine Vinsmoselle, which is the biggest producer in Luxembourg with a lot of mediocre wines.
The spiciness was compared to that of a Gewürztraminer of South Tyrol/Alto Adige by someone I shared the bottle with (I'm not sure if you can make this comparison but there was a slight resemblance).
This spiciness, which I have not encountered in a Riesling yet, is a very good example that this grape really reflects it's terroir.
pale yellow, at first the smell reminds me of mirabelle, when the wine gets warmer with more air in the glass it smells more of apricot and spices (I think clove), medium bodied, for a wine from Luxembourg it is quite dry (normally wine from there has a little more residual sugar than their German counterparts), in the mouth there is apricot, a nice minerality and a certain spiciness, this spiciness is also in the aftertaste, the finish is rather short, good, but not outstanding.
The Coteaux de Schengen range seems to be the premium wines of Domaine Vinsmoselle, which is the biggest producer in Luxembourg with a lot of mediocre wines.
The spiciness was compared to that of a Gewürztraminer of South Tyrol/Alto Adige by someone I shared the bottle with (I'm not sure if you can make this comparison but there was a slight resemblance).
This spiciness, which I have not encountered in a Riesling yet, is a very good example that this grape really reflects it's terroir.