2019 Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg Ste Catherine Domaine Weinbach

Enveloping, sensual bouquet of a thousand yellow fruits and some wild berries that’s just beginning to reveal its profundity. Gigantic concentration, but this remains as light on its feet as a prima ballerina. The gentle creaminess on the palate perfectly balances the mineral acidity that seems to blink like a star low in the sky. Enormously long and subtle finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification.

95P+: From old vines in the heart of the cru, the 2019 Grand Cru Schlossberg Riesling Cuvée Ste. Catherine offers a deep, intense and substantial, flinty/smoky and mineral-rich bouquet with iodine aromas. Rich but refined and very elegant on the palate, this is a textured and lush Schlossberg with lingering salinity, whereas the richness, power and intensity is captured by fine tannins. The 2019 is an impressive Schlossberg that's still a bit edgy and will need some years of bottle age to gain even more finesse. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork.

A sleek white, mouthwatering and finely knit, with a subtle, creamy viscosity on the palate that carries the expanding range of poached quince, peach skin, jasmine and green almond notes. Long and lithe, echoing rich mineral accents of stone and smoke on the finish. Drink now through 2029. —A.N.