TN: 2016 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. Catherine

WINE TALK
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2016 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. Catherine - France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru (3/31/2019)

Opened at Granor Farms. This wine is made from 60 year old vines grown on granite soil in the Schlossberg Vineyard. I purchased this on sale for $25. Pale straw color. This was a well balanced wine and showing excellent promise at this young age. Very fresh and lively now with notes of peaches, white flowers and talc. Dry with only a touch of sweetness. This will put on weight and depth with age. I have 2 more bottles which I will hold. 94+ points.

VM

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Thanks for the note. Interesting that it didn’t show particularly sweet. I think the only wine they make that doesn’t have substantial RS is the straight Schlossberg.

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I don’t find this wine to come off as too sweet. The ones that I have had all seemed to be rich and in great balance. I checked a couple of tech sheets and the listed RS was in the 5 to 7.5 g/l range.

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Great price.

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Schlossberg or Clos des Capucins vineyard? All the Weinbach labels have Clos des Capucins on them, since this is where the estate is headquartered. But the Schlossberg vineyard is a ways away.

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Wow, where’d you get this crazy deal on it? At that price I would have bought a ton.

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Schlossberg. That was a mistake and I fixed it.

VM

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Binny’s. It was on bin end and I bought the last 3 bottles that they had.

VM

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I like Weinbach a lot and think that Schlossberg is among the top Riesling vineyards, anywhere. Unless they’ve changed, the Cuvée Ste. Catherine refers to a late-picked selection, though not officially a VT (St. Catherine’s day is in late November.)

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I love Weinbach and that wine in particular but as I get older, it seems sweeter (2004 vintage is my reference as I loaded up then).

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where did you find such a great price? thanks for the note