2001 Riesling Heimbourg

It is stunning to see the concentration, depth, breadth, and length of the 2001 Riesling Heimbourg (indice 2), particularly when one knows it was produced from 7 year old vines. Honeyed minerals and creamed spices make up this effort’s aromatic profile. Creamy-textured, medium-bodied, and harmonious, it coats the taster’s palate with loads of sensual layers of soft minerals and poached pears. This outstanding wine should be drunk over the next 9-10 years. In response to requests from consumers for more information as to the character of his non-Vendange Tardive or Selection de Grains Nobles wines. Olivier Humbrecht has devoloped an "indice" scale which appears on the label of each bottle. This indice ranks from 1 to 5 the perceptible sweetness of the wines, and Humbrecht describes it as follows: "1 is totally dry; 2 is not technically dry but the sweetness is not apparent on the palate; 3 is medium sweetness that may gradually disappear with aging; 4 is sweet wine; 5 is for high sweetness, a Vendange Tardive in richness but without botrytis." Humbrecht is to be commended for instituting this system as it will immensely aid consumers. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524