2008 Riesling Schoelhammer
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Late vintage; picked from 20 October. Obviously much higher acidity and much less evolved than the 2009. Mid greenish straw. Tingly sensation on the notably tightly wound palate, though there is some evolution on the nose. Bone dry and the most youthful of the three vintages of Schoelhammer served. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Bottled in September after the harvest, the 2008 Riesling Schoelhammer is from the Schoenenbourg Grand Cru and opens with a gorgeous nose: pure, fresh and lemon-flavored, with great maturity and some minty flavors. Fermented down to two grams of residual sugar, this is a full-bodied, finessed and elegant Riesling classic full of vital acidity and mineral tension. Pure and salty in the aftertaste. There are some hints of aging already (the finish is slightly drying) and the wine is not highly concentrated, so I wouldn't wait that long to drink it. With fish and legumes it should be excellent now. "The grapes were very sound in 2008, due to a very sunny and dry harvest", says Marc Hugel. "We had to wait a long time until we were convinced by the 2008 vintage as we were with the 2007," he adds.