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2014 Domaines Schlumberger Riesling Saering
Riesling
- France
- Alsace
- Alsace Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 28
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honest bob wrote: 88 points
July 30, 2023 - From 75cl, optically good cork, opened but not decanted 1 hour. Dark gold colour, like a 25-year old Riesling Auslese. And indeed, this bottle reminded me more of this wine's troubled, over-sweet youth than of its more happy recent maturity (see my TNs since 12.12.2018). Massive concentration (just) saves the balance against considerable residual sugar and only-just-enough acidity. The final, but probably not the best, bottle in my case. Despite a cute little yellow wax seal on top of the cork, I think the wine in this bottle may well have suffered from an inaedquate closure. In the unlikely event someone at the winery reads this: Isn't it time to try screwcap? Or DIAM? Just a thought... 88-89P
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honest bob wrote: 91 points
January 23, 2023 - From 75cl, perfect cork. Best bottle yet (9/12); the sweetness now in perfect balance with brightly acidic lime/quince fruit, weighty texture, plenty of time to go. 91P
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honest bob wrote: 90 points
October 27, 2022 - From 75cl, good cork. As noted on 17.05.2022. 90P
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Hugo Lanteigne Likes this wine: 91 points
June 18, 2022 - Sans prise de note.
Un beau riesling de grès bien droit, salivant avec une légère pointe de sucre résiduel. À boire ou à gardé :) -
honest bob wrote: 90 points
May 17, 2022 - From 75cl, perfect cork, P+P. Bold, medium-bodied, off-dry Riesling with striking lime fruit, ripe lime acidity, a squeaky broad texture, and a touch of mouth-puckering bitterness (citrus peel) on the finish. My 6th bottle since 2018, and the first one where the considerable residual sweetness felt more or less in balance with the other parts. Very good now, but probably excellent or even outstanding in 2023-2028. 89-90P
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By Julia Harding, MW
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By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull Alsace, 12/14/2018(Schlumberger Riesling Grand Cru Saering) Hello friends. Today we have another in our year-ending Instant Gratification series of offers. These all contain wines that are in the warehouse and ready for immediate pickup post-allocation (allocations will take place tomorrow at 10am). In addition to today, we have just one more pickup weekend in 2018 (Dec 20-22), then our usual two-week holiday closure. Our first open pickup weekend in 2019 will be Jan 10-12. Do we all like the idea of Alsace more than the reality? I kinda think so. We hear Alsace and think of full, dry, age-worthy whites from little French-Germanic hillside plots turning gold in autumn as a tarte flambée bubbles in a rustic hearth. Which all sounds great. Right up until we see the price. At which point we’re like: or maybe Savoie. It helps to explain why we don’t send out very many Alsace offers, but I can say that when we do send them out, they tend to be compelling. Including today, where we have a pair of vintages of Grand Cru Riesling at varying stages of evolution:Schlumberger has among the largest vineyard holdings of any domaine in Alsace, and it allows them to work with estate fruit only, something of a rarity in the region. Founded in 1810 by Nicolas Schlumberger (this guy), the domaine is now on its 7th generation, in the form of Séverine Schlumberger, the current winemaker (the one in the middle of this picture). Saering is one of their steeper sites (check out this picture), and it yields outstanding, age-worthy Riesling from its marl/limestone soils. Only the best plots of Saering make it into Schlumberger’s GC bottling, and this one clocks in at 13.5% listed alc. Wine Enthusiast: Copyrighted material withheld.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2014
- Type White
- Producer Domaines Schlumberger
- Varietal Riesling
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Saering
- Country France
- Region Alsace
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Alsace Grand Cru
- UPC Codes 3185231407426, 761247107425
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 83 (33%)
- Consumed 172 (67%)
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