Leo – Riesling, 2006 (International perspective)
Author: admin | Category: 3 points, Wine reviewsThe International Perspective category is supposed to consist of blind testing of pairs of wine of similar price range and style, one Hungarian and one from somewhere else. This time, however, I only had one, but at the end I could pair it with a Hungarian white wine.
The review
Medium-pale hay color. The tears hardly move on the glass, then they do it very slowly and in thin drops.
Smells riesling, not too intensely and pretty much that’s it, with a little bit of paraffin.
On the palate it’s robust acids are sliding on oil. Yep, no tannins scratch your tongue, instead the Riesling fills it with an oily texture that covers the acids a little bit but then the acids win. No fruits, no floral tones, no minerals, only acids. And a lot of them. They are fresh but nothing else really.
And the oil feels like a lip balm.
The wine is one-dimensional and it does not get any better with time (why would?). If I really want to, then I can say that it tastes grass and unripe crab apple.
Looks very much like Nyakas’ Sauvignon Blanc 2006 (except the oil), which received some better reviews than mine so I’ll have to taste it again to confirm my previous tasting score.
Score: 3+
Price: EUR 6-7
September 27th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
[...] Very imbalanced, not an expressing wine but quite refreshing. Not very convincing, only slightly better than Leo’s. [...]