Hogue is a reliable producer and I grabbed this because it was on sale for about seven dollars. Mostly apricot on the nose.
Great stuff – a bit of spice, a bit of sugar, and a bit of acid – as balanced as you'll get, especially at the price. The palate is all lightly spiced stone fruit – peaches, nectarines, apricots. Sweet enough I'd almost call it Auslese in style.
The acid lingers as well as more of that nice stone fruit.
On the second day, almost all the stone fruit went away and was replaced with grapefruit. Nose, palate, finish – all pink grapefruit with a bit of zest and rind on the palate. The balance of sugar and acid was still acceptable but the flavor structure changed.
If you're interested in QPR, and you like your Rieslings with some sweetness, you can't go wrong here.
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