1. Tim 5;23

Here is my first Wine Bloggin Wednesday post;

Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett 2007

My very first wineexperience was in Vega the second biggest island in Norway. Here I worked at Vega Havhotell under Jon Aga, my chef and sommelier. I was a student, and working part-time in the hotel. The restaurant was closed for the evening, and Jon made us some food the night, just a simple salmondish with a good buttersauce with garlic and some mash potato.

To this food he gave me a glas of Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett 2002. I was only 16 at the time, 2 years under the legal drinkingage in Norway, but I really had the feeling, that I had “descovered” a whole new world of flavours, the flavours of wine and food in sweet, sweet harmony.

My first real meeting with the wineworld was with a German whitewine, and here is the review, this time with the 2007 vintage;

Color
A nice golden/green color, with closed curtains

Smell
At the first sniff I thought I got tobacco, but after a swirl the wine had gave me alot of freshness. Got some hint of citrus, starfruit (?) and some honey-melon. A promising scent!

Taste
Wow! was my first thought. Maybe just my mindset was alittle pumped up. Good balanced wine, with long aftertaste. Green apples and sweet, yellow licorice and some flowers on the pallet

Conclusion
Maybe my expectation to this wine clouded my judgment, but this was a wine right up my alley. A really good wine to a low price (in norvegian standard), and it’s well worth the money. Alittle to “simple” for my pallet and a bit to sweet, but a really good wine that I really could see compared with salmon or other red, fat fishtypes.

Price
79,90 NOK / 15, 79 USD

Score

89 points

Pro notes;
I was unable to find an english review of this wine, so here is a translation of the 2005/2006 review from the biggest netpage of food and wine, Aperitif;

Color; Light yellow with some green notes
Smell; Nice fruit smell with green apples and citrus
Taste; Alittle sweet with nice acidity that holds throughout the taste ( not a good translation by me..)
Conclusion; Somewhat simple and lack a little power in the aftertaste due to low alcohol. Worth the price
3 + (out of 5 possible points)

The second biggest paper in Norway, Dagbladet tested the 2006 vintage;
Smell of lime, honey, herbs and minerals. A well balanced wine with clean an fresh, appel’y aftertaste. Good for spicy food.
5 points (out of 6 possible)

So, until later; Trust your pal!

Filed under: 15-20 USD, 5+, 89p, Dr. Loosen, Flowers, Germany, Green Apple, Honey-melon, Riesling, Starfruit, Tobacco, WBW, Winenotes, Yellow Licorice on May 6th, 2008