The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2025 is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s import exclusive. It is imported for them by Schafer-Reichart Selections from grapes grown in the Nahe district of Germany.
The Story
The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2025 is Trader Joe’s German wine brand. Trader Joe’s, while the name sounds American, is known as Aldi Nord (North) in Europe where it is a German-owned company.
This wine is a dry, 100% Riesling from the Nahe region of Germany, which features vineyards on steep slopes and flatlands. It is a well-regarded wine-growing region.
Germany has quality designations for its wine, and this wine is a Qualitätswein. That means it comes from a single growing region, similar to a single AVA wine in California.
Qualitätswein is one of the higher designations.
Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer mentions the grapes came from various growers and is not an Estate wine, which makes sense for a $5.99 wine.
This is a Dry Riesling. Germans love their sweet wines and have many categories for levels of sweetness, but this wine is not sweet.
The alcohol content is a mild 11.5%.
The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2025 Tasting Notes
The color is a pale lemon yellow. The nose is lemon, melon, grapefruit, apple, spice, and pear. The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2025 is a nice mix of smooth and tart flavors.
The Riesling tastes like tart apple, grapefruit, Meyer lemon, and candy spice, followed by peach and nectarine.
The acidity is in the pocket and allows the flavors time to unfold.
The Summary
- The Emma Reichart Dry Riesling 2025 is a $6 Riesling worthy of the Thanksgiving table.
- It has flavors that are easy for non-wine drinkers to understand and enough acidity to cleanse the palate.
- A nice value effort.
