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wente monterey riverbank riesling 2005 (cali)
gold, a little dark ... oh, oh; pear, golden delicious, honey, bit of kero and sulphur, bit of caramel/old fruit/oxidation; quite rich entry with aforesaid pear/apple (ripe), oxidised fruit flavours, then things vanish; still some acid left in there; short; 13%; dying, bad bottle? or maybe it just cannot last the distance?; FIZZLE!

then another bottle of the loosen bernkastelar lay 07 ... notes consistent with earlier sample but very slighty leaner and with a more mineral feel overall ... but i could be dreaming ... still a BANG!