{"id":7601,"date":"2013-06-30T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2013-06-30T12:15:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T12:15:24","slug":"two-lovely-rieslings-south-africa-and-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/south-africa\/two-lovely-rieslings-south-africa-and-germany","title":{"rendered":"Two lovely Rieslings, South Africa and Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7607\" title=\"paulcluverriesling\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010403-2-400x314.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yum, it&#8217;s Riesling weather. The sorts of places that make great Riesling aren&#8217;t always the ones where it is most useful: I find it the perfect hot weather wine, yet it grows best in cool climates. Here are a couple of good ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Cluver Ferricrete Riesling\u00a02012 Elgin, South Africa<\/strong><br \/>\n10% alcohol. Delicate, pure citrussy nose with ripe green apple and\u00a0honey notes. The palate is textured and fine with a hint of sweetness, fresh citrus fruit and great delicacy. Pure, linear and really convincing. 91\/100 (\u00a311.99 Marks &amp; Spencer)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7608\" title=\"moselriesling\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1010407-2-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanners Mosel Kabinett Riesling 2011 Mosel, Germany<\/strong><br \/>\n11% alcohol. Made by Max Ferd Richter. A lovely, rounded, fairly dry\u00a0(I guess it&#8217;s still off-dry) Riesling with melon, pear and lemon fruit and zippy\u00a0acidity offsetting the round, rich, sweet fruit. Nice weight and richness here.\u00a0The hint of sweetness makes it taste fruitier. Super drinkable with a hint of seriousness. 90\/100 (\u00a310.95 Tanners)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yum, it&#8217;s Riesling weather. The sorts of places that make great Riesling aren&#8217;t always the ones where it is most useful: I find it the perfect hot weather wine, yet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,49],"tags":[236,388,208,374],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-south-africa","tag-elgin","tag-germany","tag-mosel","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7611,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions\/7611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}