Yesterday we tried our second German wine from The Winery - this one was a perlwine, a semi-sparkling riesling called Trossecco made by Rita and Rudolf Trossen. The Trossens make ecowines, which interested us, and we haven't seen or drunk many sparkling rieslings. Plus, this one had a crown cap, something that amuses us, even though I find the experience of opening the bottle not quite as exciting as popping a cork.
Even though this wine was labelled 'trocken' (dry), we knew the riesling grape would still have some sweetness to it, so we decided to serve the wine with food with Asian-influenced flavours - sesame-coated shrimp, coconut rice, and purple-sprouting broccoli tossed in chilli oil and ginger. The food and wine match was a huge success. The wine had softly-sweet citrus flavours to it, things like lychee and passionfruit and guava, yet still had the creamy roundness of a sparkling wine. The only thing it lacked was bubbles - I could see two or three on first pouring, by the third sip my glass was entirely flat. But the flavour more than made up for it!
This was a fun experiment, and if you're keen on prosecco or cava, I would hunt this wine down and try it for something a little different.
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