fresh Damson and cherry preserve flavors do the heavy lifting

the 2008 The Laird is a little restrained to begin

Pretty sweet but also piquant

2012 is not an opulent vintage for this wine

A true long distance runner that will require every bit of a decade to reveal its full potential and perhaps longer

Hugel, Riesling Schoelhammer Vintage:2009 fresh Damson and cherry preserveThe crown in the Hugel jewels, Schoelhammer comes from 30 rows in the core of Grand Cru Shoenenbourg, high above Riquewihr. An intense, dry and mineral charged Riesling with floral aromas and concentrated lime lemon zest flavours. Fermented in neutral oak, this retains absolute purity and clarity of flavour. Bottled in Spring 2012, this vintage was first released in 2018. Still very youthful and with decades ahead.