Retail $25. Under screw cap. Another big name in Alsace, Gustave Lorentz is a family owned winery in Bergheim, in the shadow of the Château of Haut- Kœnigsbourg, and just around the corner from Domaine Marcel Deiss. The scores for this wine on Cellar Tracker (where I keep both my personal and samples inventories) are all over the map, ranging from a high of 89 points all the way down to 70 (really?). I am at the very upper end of that register (maybe higher) as this is a classic Alsatian Riesling. Nearly bone dry (1.5 g/l of residual sugar) with extremely tart citrus fruit, a splash of petrol, and a lengthy finish. Like most Rieslings from my adopted home (I studied there for a year), this is fantastic as an apéritif, but would really shine with some seafood or, of course, a choucroûte.
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3/30/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 89 Points
Retail $25. Under screw cap. Another big name in Alsace, Gustave Lorentz is a family owned winery in Bergheim, in the shadow of the Château of Haut- Kœnigsbourg, and just around the corner from Domaine Marcel Deiss. The scores for this wine on Cellar Tracker (where I keep both my personal and samples inventories) are all over the map, ranging from a high of 89 points all the way down to 70 (really?). I am at the very upper end of that register (maybe higher) as this is a classic Alsatian Riesling. Nearly bone dry (1.5 g/l of residual sugar) with extremely tart citrus fruit, a splash of petrol, and a lengthy finish. Like most Rieslings from my adopted home (I studied there for a year), this is fantastic as an apéritif, but would really shine with some seafood or, of course, a choucroûte.
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8/24/2020 - winemaker Likes this wine: 89 Points
Solid. Went well with the David Chang Momofoku Pork Bossam recipe.
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2/16/2020 - Jan-Åke Persson wrote:
Just about OK
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2/1/2020 - Idalag wrote: 70 Points
Helt ok. Finns bättre Reisling. Passar bra till syrlig mat.
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10/20/2019 - Esbjörn Likes this wine: 85 Points
Torrt och mineral.
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