2021 Domaine Meyer-Fonné 'Wineck-Schlossberg' Riesling, Alsace, France. 750ml
It’s all about the details at Meyer-Fonné, with an emphasis on tradition and respect for terroir. The winery and family home is in the village of Katzenthal, known for its distinctive granite soils. Meyer is a master at the art of blending and astutely applies this skill in mixing the wine from various parcels into complex, balanced cuvées. He also believes in raising his wines on fine lees in large, older foudres, as was the tradition in Alsace. All of Meyer’s bottlings are characterized by stunning aromatics and a signature backbone of minerality and nerve. Racy and elegant, his wines are difficult to resist young but have all the right qualities for the cellar. For aromatic and textural seductiveness, no one in Alsace can top Meyer-Fonné
This is the Grand Cru vineyard of Katzenthal, the home of Meyer-Fonne - it is an important vineyard both emotionally and historically for the estate. Wineck-Schlossberg is a south facing vineyard which is made up of a crumbly granite known as ‘de Turckheim’. This is a very pure and elegant expression of Riesling with a floral and spicy edge. Like all of Felix’s wines it has an amazing balance of weight, texture and mineral intensity which makes it complex, enticing and enthralling to drink. This doesn't have the density of some of the other Grand Cru he makes, it is the most elegant.
