95
points
Joseph Phelps 2009 Eisrébe Scheurebe (Napa Valley)
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$50
Made from the exotic Scheurebe grape, this is a very sweet wine, brimming with pineapple jam, ripe pear and honeysuckle flavors, with an oily, glyceriney fatness. It’s balanced with crisp acidity, so the finish is dry and clean. Just delicious now with fruity desserts, vanilla cake or a buttery lemon soufflé.
— S.H.
(2/1/2011)
92
points
Joseph Phelps 2006 Eisrébe Scheurebe (Napa Valley)
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$50
The name is a combination of eiswein and Scheurebe, the German variety. The grapes were artificially frozen. The wine is exceptionally sweet, with residual sugar of 21.5%, but balanced by crisp acidity, and the alcohol is amazingly low at 7.6%. Flavorwise, it’s all about apricot preserves and vanilla. Hard to imagine anyone not liking this delicious dessert wine.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)