98 points Stuart Pigott (JamesSuckling.com): "This Alsace Grand Cru has incredible ripeness and concentration - think baked peach and apricot - but also a strict minerality and northerly freshness that are astonishing for the hot and dry vintage. So precise and pristine at the crystalline finish that extends out towards the distant horizon. A field blend of traditional varieties, based on riesling. From organically grown grapes with Ecocert certification. Drink or hold. (10/16/23)"
95 points Anne Krebiehl MW (Vinous): "The 2020 Schlossberg Grand Cru grows on granite with very little topsoil and is a blend of Riesling with just a touch of Pinot Gris and Muscat. The nose is of ripe, golden pear, with overtones of dried pear and chamomile. The palate has the clean-cut linearity of granite, is arrow-straight and yet manages to carry real and generous richness and bundle power in its unremitting directness and saltiness. The finish shimmers with dried apricot skin and makes the mouth water. Laser-like. (Bone-dry) Drink: 2025-2060. (Apr 2023)"
After an old man on his deathbed entrusted him with one of Alsace’s gems, the Schoenenbourg vineyard, Jean-Michel Deiss found that it was co-planted to a field blend, instead of any single variety. He quickly realized that this was the missing link in his quest for terroir expression and replanted every one of his top vineyards to such blends. Since taking over the domaine in 1981, he has become one of the unquestionable qualitative leaders of the region, as well as a leading voice for biodynamic farming, which he installed at the domaine in 1988. With his son Mathieu taking over much of the day to day responsibility in 2015, the domaine is reaching dizzying new heights with absolutely stunning wines that show off the terroir of the rolling hills of Bergheim.
95 points Anne Krebiehl MW (Vinous): "The 2020 Schlossberg Grand Cru grows on granite with very little topsoil and is a blend of Riesling with just a touch of Pinot Gris and Muscat. The nose is of ripe, golden pear, with overtones of dried pear and chamomile. The palate has the clean-cut linearity of granite, is arrow-straight and yet manages to carry real and generous richness and bundle power in its unremitting directness and saltiness. The finish shimmers with dried apricot skin and makes the mouth water. Laser-like. (Bone-dry) Drink: 2025-2060. (Apr 2023)"
After an old man on his deathbed entrusted him with one of Alsace’s gems, the Schoenenbourg vineyard, Jean-Michel Deiss found that it was co-planted to a field blend, instead of any single variety. He quickly realized that this was the missing link in his quest for terroir expression and replanted every one of his top vineyards to such blends. Since taking over the domaine in 1981, he has become one of the unquestionable qualitative leaders of the region, as well as a leading voice for biodynamic farming, which he installed at the domaine in 1988. With his son Mathieu taking over much of the day to day responsibility in 2015, the domaine is reaching dizzying new heights with absolutely stunning wines that show off the terroir of the rolling hills of Bergheim.
| Product SKU | 350201 |
| Producer | Marcel Deiss |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Varietal | Other White Blends |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
| ABV | 13.5% |
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