Kickin Back with Köster-Wolf

On Sunday I cooked one of our now favorite meals: Thai chicken with coconut rice and Asian slaw.  It is a great sweet and spicy dish, but it is always a bit tricky picking a good wine for it.  Last time we enjoyed the meal with a Reisling, but this time Pris selected a bottle of 2008 Köster-Wolf Weingut Scheurebe, which is another sweet white German wine.  Once again, it was a excellent selection for the meal.

The Scheurebe was sweet, crisp, and very refreshing.  The nose was all ripe light fruit and citrus.  On the palate this wine was light with mild citrus notes.  Mild bubbles provided a nice effervescence.  The Scheurebe ended softly and mildly with a mellow finish. 

 The crisp fruit from the wine was a great counterpoint to the spicy, savory, and slightly sweet chicken.  The dish itself was a grand combination of flavors, and the Scheurebe cut through these flavors.

This is an exceptional Spring/Summer wine that's great for the hot South Texas days that are now upon us.  I feel like I could drink this wine all afternoon on a weekend, and at 8.5% alcohol by volume I could probably do so for a while.

We've had this bottle for some time, and unfortunately neither one of us can remember where we purchased the Köster-Wolf Weingut Scheurebe.  A quick look online shows that they carried it at Feldman's, and possible H.E.B. Central Market.