By Chris and Sherry Hardie
Riesling is one of the more versatile wine grapes. It is made in many styles, explained with often confusing German wine labels, ranging from very dry to very sweet.
Riesling wines have found a home in Washington’s Columbia Valley, where the latitude gives lots of sunshine during the ripening season.
It has a residual sugar level of 5.22 percent, which falls into the 5 to 10 percent range of sweet dessert wines. Dry wines are usually in the 0.2 to 0.3 percent range.
It’s not overly sweet, though, with plenty of orchard and stone fruit flavors balanced with acidity for freshness. So you don’t have to wait until dessert to enjoy it.
Sherry: “Green apple with a light touch of honey.” 3 stars
Chris: “Apples on the nose with flavors of apple, pear and apricot.” 3 stars
Available locally for about $7 to $10.
Coming next week: La Posta Cocina Tinto
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