2015 Schlossberg Riesling

Fifty percent of the grapes for the 2015 Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg are sourced in the east-facing Kirrenbourg parcel, where the granite soils is deeper and the grapes ripen earlier. The wine opens with a very clear and precise bouquet with stony and herbal lemon flavors flanking the white fruit aromas. Nicely reductive! On the palate this is a full-bodied, elegant, very firm and mineral Schlossberg with a straight, vertical character and a lingering saltiness and tension. This is an impressive Schlossberg with a charming roundness on the palate due to the long lees aging until June. The wine was bottled in July 2016. Fermented and aged in stainless steel. Mar 2017, www.robertparker.com