Our first-ever video review! Watch below, or just read…
Yes, we FINALLY did it – we got the camera set up and we decided to review a wine live. Or, “look live,” as they’d say in TV vernacular. In any event, we’re pretty stoked – not just because we reviewed this wine – and a few more – via video, but because this particular wine is out-flipping-standing. Jacob Einig 2011 Auslese, available at Aldi, is one of those occasions where we have to give something our highest rating.
To the review…
Jacob Einig 2011 Auslese Review
I first fell in love with dessert wines in the mid 1990s. (Yes, I’m that old.) What was cool about these, to me, was that they opened completely different doors than ones I had opened before. Golden, sweet, and not for every kind of food (one reason they’re called “dessert wines,” natch), it was not an everyday-occasion wine. And that’s okay.
But, in all candor, I hadn’t touched one in years.
So when I was at Aldi, where I’m in love with their inexpensive wines, I had to pick this up. Especially for a sub-$10 price.
Taste
Peach, apricot, stone fruit. Sweet as heck. But oh so satisfying – really, this is the type of dessert wine that hooked us long ago. And this is the type of dessert wine that will send us back for more. Just truly an outstanding wine.
Profile
If you don’t want to watch the video, that’s okay. Golden color. 11% ABV.
Value
Under $10 – we don’t quite remember the price, though, because we bought it earlier this summer, they don’t have it in our local Aldi anymore, and, well, we didn’t keep copious notes. Sorry. We just know it was under $10.
Metasip Grade: A
We can’t NOT give this our highest mark. It has everything we’re looking for – taste, profile, and value – and these sorts of triple-threat wines don’t come around all the time. Get some if you can find it.