Cart Banrock Station Riesling
Average Price: $6.82 
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| Style: | White Wine |
| Grape Type: | Riesling |
| Region: | Other Australia |
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Not a wine that I would buy again...
By Wine12887220, August 13, 2008
I don't like overly-sweet wines, but I do like a nice, fruity-yet-dry Riesling. I'd seen this wine recommended as a "value wine of the week" somewhere, with pretty good reviews, so I figured for $4.99/bottle I didn't have much to lose. My husband I both thought it had a very astringent taste, not very fruity, and generally not very palatable. I wouldn't go so far as to say "undrinkable" or "offensive," but for a couple of bucks more there are wines that we like much better (the Washington Hills Gewurstraminer, for example, at $7.99) Not a total loss, though, as it is dry enough to use as a cooking wine, and a glassful made my pasta with sausage and swiss chard very happy :)
I don't like overly-sweet wines, but I do like a nice, fruity-yet-dry Riesling. I'd seen this wine recommended as a "value wine of the week" somewhere, with pretty good reviews, so I figured for $4.99/bottle I didn't have much to lose. My husband I both thought it had a very astringent taste, not very fruity, and generally not very palatable. I wouldn't go so far as to say "undrinkable" or "offensive," but for a couple of bucks more there are wines that we like much better (the Washington Hills Gewurstraminer, for example, at $7.99) Not a total loss, though, as it is dry enough to use as a cooking wine, and a glassful made my pasta with sausage and swiss chard very happy :)
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Average rating: 2.67 (3 ratings) 