Red Wine with Fish

In addition to contributing to the Chehalem posting this month, I opened a bottle of my own for a personal entry. I purchased it at Square Deal Wine in NW Portland.

The 2004 Barmes-Buecher was somewhat petrolly on the nose (which I like very much) with stone fruit and an “almost orange” quality that made me wonder about botrytis. It was very dry, very, very, almost too dry with a touch of marmalade and a touch of sweetness on the finish which was very long with hints of peach and grapefruit rind. And where is where it falls apart. It was fairly nice but went a little out of wack on the finish. The bitterness, which I sometimes like in a Riesling was too much because it overwhelmed the positive qualities.

It didn’t pair particularly well with the souffle I made and it started to fall apart after a bit in the glass. Not something I would cellar and not, I think, something I would buy again, particularly considering all the great options out there for delicious dry Riesling.

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