Schoenenbourg Grand Cru 2018 - Marcel Deiss

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Alsace - Grand Cru - Marcel Deiss

97/100 James Suckling

1 Jul, 2022 - ‘Intensely flinty and tight as a Breguet watch, this is an extremely young, highly concentrated Alsace Grand Cru that has been built for the long haul. The tannins are very fine and the minerality almost austere. Enormous concentration and great purity. This masterpiece needs a lot of patience to be appreciated at its true worth. A blend of traditional grape varieties, centred on Riesling. Made from organically grown grapes and certified by Ecocert. Drink now, but better from 2025 onwards’.
 

Winemaker tells you: 

The Schoenenbourg, renowned since the Middle Ages, is the jewel in the crown of the RIQUEWIHR vineyard. The greatest wines of this commune are born on this soil and have contributed to its almost universal fame. This terroir is distinguished by its topography (southern exposure, location at the bottom of the valley, steep slope) and its very special geology (iridescent and gypseous marl from the KEUPER, more or less mixed and covered by Vosges sandstone).

SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES

The combination of a light, non-sticky soil and a clay subsoil, rich in fertilizing elements and with good water retention, no doubt explains the dominant character of the terroir on the grape variety and the particularity of the Schoenenbourg wines. These wines express undeniable aptitude for ageing and travelling, a richness and an extraordinary corpulence, while at the same time moving away from the typical: a peppery, even smoky nose, verticality masked by body, mineral expression of a wine often hidden in its youth and moving towards fossilized reminiscences with time. Finally, the ability to integrate very high residual sugar potentials, linked to the almost always present Noble Rot. The Schoenenbourg are indeed among the Very Great Wines of Alsatian soils.

THE GREATEST WINE OF THE CELLAR BY ITS ABSOLUTE CONSISTENCY

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