2014 Dirler Cade Cremant d’Alsace Riesling

“Pale straw-yellow. Full-blown aromas and flavors of apricot, apple and white flowers. Lush and sweet (in fact, this does not taste to me as dry as the word “nature” on the label implies); good midpalate energy lends shape. Not yet especially complex but well-balanced and long on the floral finish. This is the first 100% Riesling Crémant by Dirler-Cadé (only 1,700 bottles made); it spent 24 months on the lees.” 90 Ian D’Agata