The Wine
Peninsula Cellars 2010 Dry Riesling
Peninsula Cellars
Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Old Mission Peninsula
12.5% abv
$15.00 a bottle
Appearance: yellow crystal
Aroma: soon as I opened the bottle I knew I was going to
like it. First off I did not smell
straight out lemon. I am soooo tired of
lemon. A lot of the beers I had this
summer and spring had a lemon note, some stronger than others, and then when I
would have a white wine guess what note was prominent you got it lemon. So, I had to read this bottle first before
opening and I did not see the word lemon.
It did had lime but, no lemon. Back
to the aroma: tropical fruit all right; mango, white peach, Fuji apple,
pineapple acidity,
Flavors: apple, green apple, summer stone fruit, touch of
tangerine and a dose of lime.
Mouthfeel: crisp notes, there seems to be an ever so slight
watery edge that hits the tip of the tongue but, right after that ‘tip’ it is
nothing but dry baby.
Cigar Pairing: I would say, be careful on some medium to
medium-full and me personally I would not pair it with a full bodied
smoke. I would go for the mild to
mild-medium smoke that has an elegant feel to the smoking experience.
I have two in mind; CAO l’anniversaire Cameroon and a Gurkha
Beauty. I am going to do the Gurkha
Beauty for I can see on the blog here that I have not had this stick since
October of last year. Let’s do it up!
Wrapper: Connecticut seed – Ecuadorian
Binder: Dominican
Fillers: Nicaraguan
5 year old tobaccos
Size: 6.5 x 56
Smoking Profile: mild, smooth, semi-creamy, light oaky wood
notes, walnut meat, and a earthy tone develops in the final third of the
stick. This cigar is all about its
mouthfeel than the flavor profile. This
cigar reminds me of oatmeal – smooth, mild, creamy and bland on the
flavor. This cigar is like oatmeal to me
in that every once in a while it sure hits the spot. After all it has been 10 months since I
smoked a Gurkha Beauty.
The Pairing: interesting … very interesting … the light oak
and walnut notes really don’t intermingle with the flavors of this
Riesling. Now, I do like it when the
flavors intermingle and either collide or really work well together. It gives me something to write about … but,
here … nothing. No interplay, no
mingling, intermingling or co-mingling.
The best thing about this is I get all the flavors of the wine and then
when I puff on the cigar I get all the flavors of the cigar. This is still a very good pairing. I am enjoying the experience. Wait WAIT!
There is an effect. The
mouthfeel! This Riesling is on the dry
side of town, that light lime citrus note lingers on the palate and it is nice
to drink a water along the way. Well,
while smoking this cigar with this wine I have not had a sip of water and I am
three-quarters of the way done with this cigar.
This cigar actually seems to refresh the palate while drinking this
white wine. I don’t know if I ever had
this experience before where the cigar refreshes the palate from the
beverage.
