Albert Mann Riesling Cuvée Albert

(made from a blend of the estate’s best non-grand cru parcels) Palish yellow. Fruit-driven aromas of peach and fresh apricot, along with exotic notes of mandarin orange and coconut. Ripe and dense but brisk, with lovely cut to its mineral and crushed stone flavors. This tastes drier than its 11 grams of residual sugar, no doubt due to nearly 9 grams of acidity. Finishes firm and persistent. The riesling was affected quickly by grey rot, admitted Barthelme, who picked this fruit mostly on September 21 and 22, before the second rainy period.

This is spicy and aromatic, with good concentration to the ripe peach, red grapefruit and mango notes on a light-weight frame. Lively and bright, with a lingering tang of minerality on the finish. Drink now.