K Vintners

Honestly... Kung Fu Girl Riesling? For crying out loud! And not only that, winemaker Charles Smith does the unthinkable and states on his website that "girls and Riesling kick ass." This, I admit, was hard for me to swallow.

Oh, how much I would have loved to declare this a bland marketing-driven party wine, but what can you do if the balance is right and the flavor profile boasts of hazelnut and minerality...

Still, I will never get myself to buy a wine called "Boom Boom Syrah", another member of K Vintners' wine portfolio. Not even if it's the last available bottle of Syrah in the U.S. Sorry.

Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2007

Medium lemon color. Youthful nose with a medium intensity of citrus, apple, hay. Slightly off-dry, med(+) acid, med alc and body. Medium intensity of apricot, citrus, hazelnut and minerality. Med length.

Very refreshing, spritzy acidity but with a sonorous mineral touch. Maybe this is the wine that will eventually introduce Riesling to the ignorant public - with that name you can bring it to any party, people will love the label and perhaps realize that Riesling can actually be quite good. "I always thought that Riesling was like, sweet, ya know."

I know.