THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wine This has a youthful light, rosewater and grapey aroma which is lightly aromatic but with some substance. It has a delightful Riesling character in the mouth, with floral and citrus peel flavours and with a good zip of acidity. It has a young lemon and lime finish. This is a bit on the young side, though nevertheless enjoyable, but I will like it better in six to 12 months' time. Delicious to a Riesling lover, but a non-Riesling New World fan might need some convincing. At £4.99, excellent value. Success rating out of 25 ­ 22 THE DESIGNER Matt Thompson Associate director of Blackburn's, a brand packaging designer The back label tells us this wine is "light, fresh and elegant", a good job really as the packaging, perversely it seems, goes out of its way to communicate the very opposite. The reason German wine has lost its appeal is that our palates have long since moved on from the heavy and sweet liquid associated with the country's wine. This fact has clearly escaped those concerned with this sad and misleading offering and is yet another nail in the coffin of Germany's attempt to rehabilitate itself into the mainstream of wine consumption. Success rating out of 25 ­ 0 The buyer Adam Marshall Licensed trading controller at Nisa-Today's An interesting mix of traditional German flute bottle with a ­ frankly weird ­ 70s retro label. I am not sure who the packaging is designed to appeal to. On the plus side, you can read the label (unusual with German wine) and it's good to see Riesling offered with some bottle age. The nose is subdued and there's no hint of the petrol character I would expect. Colour is good and the flavour is rich with some warm characters and a nice oily palate, finished off with clean and crisp acidity. It's good, balanced Riesling and £4.99 is a fair price, but I don't see this as breaking any new ground for Germany. Success rating out of 25 ­ 10 Total score out of 100 ­ 50 {{DRINKS }}

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