Thyme, iris, and apple blossom scent the Bott-Geyl 2011 Riesling Schlossberg along with intimations of the grapefruit, lime, passion fruit and fresh apple that go on to inform a buoyant palate far juicier and clearer than that of the non-cru Rieslings in the present collection. Here as there, one finds a significant amount of finishing bitterness, but in the present case that is largely overridden by sheer juicy persistence, and there is also the sort of crystalline mineral impingement one associates with the best Riesling from this site. I would plan on following this through at least 2020.
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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