Domaine Ostertag
Muenchberg Alsace Grand Cru Riesling
Muenchberg, Nothalten, Alsace, France
Absolutely beautiful. A wine unique unto itself making it difficult to use fruit descriptors but overriding minerality!
Absolutely beautiful. A wine unique unto itself making it difficult to use fruit descriptors but overriding minerality!
Jun 25th, 2016Super peachy and way young but very good
Super peachy and way young but very good
Dec 14th, 2015
More Alsace Grand Cru Riesling to celebrate my engagement to my lovely fiancรฉe. ๐โค๏ธ We announced our engagement to close family tonight at a lovely Italian dinner at a small ten table trattoria and it's one of the best feelings of my life. Alsace Riesling is one of the first wines we bonded over and it feels so special to be drinking this now. Can't wait to drink many more bottles of it with her for the many years to come. Meyer lemon zest, a truckload of crushed river stones, underripe nectarine, some petrol character starting to show, and a bit of this lovely character that I can most closely describe as a fresh spearmint, anise, and bergamot tea vibe that I'm sure will reveal itself much more with time. The Gisselbrecht Alsace Grand Cru Riesling we drank a few days ago was also a Muenchberg and while this is a much more skillfully made example than the last (as to be expected from Ostertag), I can totally sense the shared terroir between them. Has that lovely juxtaposition that great Alsace Riesling has where it somehow simultaneously has heft and weight in body, and yet is still feather-light and nimble on its feet, due in part to the laser beam of acidity contained in this bottle. So pure, with razor-like precision. Very concentrated and tight and yet still so generous, would love to revisit in a few years to see some more development. So indescribably happy right now. ๐
More Alsace Grand Cru Riesling to celebrate my engagement to my lovely fiancรฉe. ๐โค๏ธ We announced our engagement to close family tonight at a lovely Italian dinner at a small ten table trattoria and it's one of the best feelings of my life. Alsace Riesling is one of the first wines we bonded over and it feels so special to be drinking this now. Can't wait to drink many more bottles of it with her for the many years to come. Meyer lemon zest, a truckload of crushed river stones, underripe nectarine, some petrol character starting to show, and a bit of this lovely character that I can most closely describe as a fresh spearmint, anise, and bergamot tea vibe that I'm sure will reveal itself much more with time. The Gisselbrecht Alsace Grand Cru Riesling we drank a few days ago was also a Muenchberg and while this is a much more skillfully made example than the last (as to be expected from Ostertag), I can totally sense the shared terroir between them. Has that lovely juxtaposition that great Alsace Riesling has where it somehow simultaneously has heft and weight in body, and yet is still feather-light and nimble on its feet, due in part to the laser beam of acidity contained in this bottle. So pure, with razor-like precision. Very concentrated and tight and yet still so generous, would love to revisit in a few years to see some more development. So indescribably happy right now. ๐
Aug 4th, 2016
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Very subtle riesling. Hints of fruit but really not explicit. More air?
Very subtle riesling. Hints of fruit but really not explicit. More air?
Jun 19th, 2015
Amazing resiling! Balanced, fresh, rich, green apple, mineraity, and floral.
Amazing resiling! Balanced, fresh, rich, green apple, mineraity, and floral.
Apr 5th, 2017