That could also be said of Tokaji wines. Had a meal at Vadrózsa in Budapest, in the old days when it was one of the rare private restaurants in a nice villa, and experienced a full range of tokaji wines with every course, from the expected sweet to bone dry with fish
I recall an expensive bottle of dry Alsace Riesling at a two-star restaurant in Colmar. Never had anything close since then, any Riesling that has been recommended is closer to Blue Nun