YEAR’S BEST ALSATIAN WINES; …The 2014 vintage, from a relatively cool ripening season, has enough acidity and mineral power to catch in the back of your throat, and yet the wine is saturated and elegant, making that tickle a signal to sit up and take notice. What’s remarkable about this riesling is the precision of its flavors and structure, sustained in the midst of its bold intensity. The chalk, lemon pith and white cranberry purity of that flavor is youthfully reticent, delivering hints of what this will become with age. – J.G.
