Fresh Asian pear, white peach, acacia honey and lemon aromas. It’s bright, dry and medium-bodied with floral and mineral elements. Minerally and pristine finish. Always has 30% grand cru fruit. Drink now.

The 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Kitterlé is clear, deep and refined on the elegant and intense nose that intertwines very fine Riesling aromas with the terrific terroir notes of this terraced 29-hectare cru on volcanic sandstone soils. Thew fruit is very well defined and intertwined with discreet notes of ashes. It is finessed yet also dense and complex on the palate, with a long, intense and mineral finish but also the richness and sweetness of the vintage. This is an extraordinary Kitterlé with a long, enormously saline and finely tannic finish. This is another impressive 2019 Riesling from Schlumberger in Guebwiller, southern Alsace. It is savory and, in a very positive way, astringent on the finish. This is still terribly young but enjoyable and worth cellaring for about a decade and longer. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in March 2024.

From a very early, rather cold vintage according to Séverine Schlumberger, the 2017 Riesling Le Clos Saint-Léger Grand Cru Monopole offers a clear, fresh, pure, subtle and finely mineral or stony bouquet representing the volcanic terroir of the Grand Cru Kitterlé. The wine shows very delicate and elegant Riesling fruit intermingled with crunchy stone aromas. On the palate, this is a pure, dense, straight and textural Riesling with good and refreshing phenolic grip that gives persistent tension. The structured finish is intense and long. This is an excellent wine from Schlumberger. 13.77% alcohol.

The 2022 Gewurztraminer Les Princes Abbées channels rose oil, edged with nutmeg to suggest richness. The palate adds candied peach and baked pear and comes forth with a balancing citrus pith that lends a structural frame for the richness, while orange peel adds juiciness. The 2022 is spicy, rich and fragrant. 14g/L of residual sweetness. (Off-Dry)

Dainty apricot aromas are bolstered by scents of lemon zest and ocean spray. While this wine is defined by lemony acidity, its texture is soft, creating an overall impression that's friendly and welcoming. Minerality leads into a long finish that hints at petrol qualities. This wine could easily spend a few years in the cellar to let those characteristics develop. But those who don't want to wait will find a friendly, sunny wine that perfectly balances racy citrus zest, saline mineral notes and a bit of soft, juicy stone fruit.