2010 Marcel Deiss Schoffweg

Here is the Tanzer review:

“Bright straw. Aromas of spring flowers, lime and banana on the fresh, fruity nose. Quite dry in the middle palate, but with good cut and thrust to its lime, anise and honey flavors. Offers an enticing combination of ripe acidity, tactile mouthfeel, and fresh fruit flavors, and finishes long and quite bright.” 91 points

David Schildknecht’s review:

“A smoky, sweet, reductive machine oil note marks the nose of Deiss’s Pinot-dominated 2010 Schoffweg, mingling with musky and bittersweet evocations of narcissus and iris as well as lanolin and resin from barrel. Suggestions of red raspberry and its distilled essence inflect the juicy apple-like fruit here along with liquefied expressions of the aforementioned floral elements. Fine-grained and saturated with flavor, the subtly oily, glycerol-rich yet vivacious palate here is not in any awkward way marked by the presence of oak. Chalk and salt add interest and saliva-inducement to a long, brightly juicy, energetic finish, whose citrus rind impingements generate real sizzle. Something must have changed (and I don’t think it’s me) in the barrels or how they are used for this bottling because I find both this and its 2011 successor far superior to the corresponding, slightly wood-challenged 2009 and 2008. ” 92 points

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