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German| Date: 2006-02-26 11:58:00 |
| From: Peter.Gebler@t-online.de |
Subject: Re: 2005 vintage (was:Does Riesling Get Drier With Age?) |
| Hi Tony, <TonyatWoodfalls@aol.com> schrieb: > By the way, are there any indications as to how good the 2005 vintage has gone in the Moselle, Mittel Rhein, Nahe and Rheingau areas yet? I have frequent contacts to wine producers only in the Mittelrhein and Nahe regions, and the consensus seems to be: 2005 had some warm periods interspersed with lots of rain, causing widespread rot round about harvest time.Conscientious producers had to hand-select and cut out a lot of rotten grapes, thus yields are down as much as 30%. What was healthy was very good, with high must weights and quite a bit of "good" rot (botrytis), so there are plenty of BA's and TBA's around. Practically nobody left any grapes hanging for Eiswein, and this proved a wise decision. First wines should be coming out in March, and generally expectations for quality are good. Kind regards, Peter More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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by Werner Müller