Leitz Rüdesheimer Riesling – Dry and Delicious

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and my email inbox is overflowing from the wine PR folks pitching their Thanksgiving wine stories to me.  And everywhere I turn I find wine writers publishing their “best wines for Thanksgiving” stories.

That story is pretty cliché in my opinion.  There are so many diverse flavors on the Thanksgiving table that you can pick pretty much any wine you want and it will be fine for Thanksgiving.  That said, I do have my favorite wine for the holiday and that is riesling, particularly a good dry, German riesling.

Why?  It’s just a good, clean and simple wine.  It might not hold up against intense flavors, like cranberry sauce.  But it will do fine with turkey, stuffing and potatoes.  Although that’s not my reason for choosing it.

My reason for it is because it’s a holiday and that’s an excuse to break out a wine you love.  I’m a big fan of a good riesling, so I’ll break out a bottle or two this year… including at least one with some age on it.

So, my advice to you isn’t necessarily to break out a bottle of riesling, but rather to break out a bottle of something you love.  But if you love riesling, the Leitz Rüdesheimer Riesling may be one you want to add to your shopping list.

A chalky mineral is quite prominent on the nose of this wine.  It also shows some lemon and floral aromatics.  The palate is delicious with stellar acidity and tasty tart apple, lemon and mineral flavors.  The finish is long and lovely, bringing more citrus flavors along with floral and mineral notes.  Fans of dry riesling will swoon over this wine.

And, by the way, no PR folks suggested this wine for a Thanksgiving story.  It was a media sample, but I picked it for the Thanksgiving plug.

Wine: Leitz Rüdesheimer Riesling
Variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2011
Alcohol: 12.5%
Rating: 92
Price: $22.00
Disclosure: This wine was received as a media sample.