93 Ian Dagata - Vinous Media

Pale straw. Enticing jasmine and vanilla on the nose, with an airy quality to the grapefruit and lime aromas. On the palate, finely chiseled acidity frames flavors of white peach, guava, minerals and spices. Boasts outstanding clarity and cut thanks to the limey but very harmonious acidity, which draws out the finish. There is a soft, peachy ripeness here that is characteristic of the Osterberg and makes this site immediately recognizable when tasting wines blind from the Ribeauvillé-Riquewihr area. My guess is that this wine will prove extremely ageworthy: don’t touch a bottle for another 4 to 6 years and enjoy it for another 20 after that. Thierry Kientzler told me that his family's Osterberg vines are much younger than those they own in the Geisberg, which is why the latter often seems deeper and more complex, but I absolutely loved this 2013 Osterberg.