A strikingly maritime nose in Bott’s 2011 Riesling Schoenenbourg anticipates the alkaline and saline inflections that follow on a palate featuring juicy fresh orange, apple and honeydew, further tinged with the bitterness of their pips and rinds. Struck flint and crushed stone add to the already fascinating array of mineral-like characteristics in a long and interactive finish. A dozen grams of residual sugar are supportively and discreetly integrated. This should prove well-worth following through at last 2022.
Jean-Christophe Bott harvested most of the way through October of 2010, not picking Schoenenbourg and Mandelberg Rieslings until near the end of that month, and with excellent results. Quite a bit of grand cru Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer (including all of his Furstentum) was declassified into generics. By contrast, Bott’s Rieslings were picked by the first days of October in 2011. Interestingly, with two exceptions, they finished dry-tasting (and the non-crus analytically dry) without Bott having had to encourage their spontaneous fermentation through warming or yeasting. Incidentally, the Bott-Geyl acreage and portfolio will be expanding with fruit from very old vines in Sporen as well as an additional parcel in Furstentum, due to come on line from vintages 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Various importers, including Beaune Imports, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 559-1040 and Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620
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