Tasting Notes & Reviews:
"Silky in texture and weight, this well-focused wine possesses a backbone of racy acidity and offers layers of ripe apricot, pineapple, pickled ginger, pink grapefruit candy and stony mineral. Refined, with a long, mouthwatering finish. Not imported into the U.S. Drink now through 2030. 125 cases made." 94/100, Wine AN, Wine Spectator, 2012
From the producer
Wine Making
The Cuvée Ernest SGN (Sélection de Grains Nobles) 2009 was produced from selected grapes manually collected from two parcels of Riesling Grand Cru Kessler on October 30, 2009. Only grapes affected by noble rot were harvested and then pressed for 12 hours ; producing a volume of 1,700 litres of juice.
After a slow but continuous fermentation until early spring, the wine was drawn-off and left on less for another year. The wine was then filtered for bottling that took place on March 21, 2011. The bottles were then stored in our underground cellars at constant temperature to ensure proper maturation. Another waiting time of little more than one year before the bottles are dressed and shipped worldwide.
Tasting
"The robe is a golden yellow with green reflections of a beautiful intensity. The disk is bright and limpid. Legs are beautiful and thick. The nose is complex, expressive with notes of candied citrus fruit, ripe grapefruit and crystallized fruit. Airing reveals more honeyed aromas, yellow fruits.
The onset is rich, silky but remains fresh and elegant. The middle mouth is built around this roundness and this delicate fruit. In the finish, the wine is powerful but not heavy, in true harmony with its terroir whose characteristics give it an extraordinary dimension."
- Technical sheet elaborated by M. Pascal Leonetti, Best Sommelier of France 2006, Sommelier at l’Auberge de l’Ill (*** Michelin)
"Silky in texture and weight, this well-focused wine possesses a backbone of racy acidity and offers layers of ripe apricot, pineapple, pickled ginger, pink grapefruit candy and stony mineral. Refined, with a long, mouthwatering finish. Not imported into the U.S. Drink now through 2030. 125 cases made." 94/100, Wine AN, Wine Spectator, 2012
From the producer
Wine Making
The Cuvée Ernest SGN (Sélection de Grains Nobles) 2009 was produced from selected grapes manually collected from two parcels of Riesling Grand Cru Kessler on October 30, 2009. Only grapes affected by noble rot were harvested and then pressed for 12 hours ; producing a volume of 1,700 litres of juice.
After a slow but continuous fermentation until early spring, the wine was drawn-off and left on less for another year. The wine was then filtered for bottling that took place on March 21, 2011. The bottles were then stored in our underground cellars at constant temperature to ensure proper maturation. Another waiting time of little more than one year before the bottles are dressed and shipped worldwide.
Tasting
"The robe is a golden yellow with green reflections of a beautiful intensity. The disk is bright and limpid. Legs are beautiful and thick. The nose is complex, expressive with notes of candied citrus fruit, ripe grapefruit and crystallized fruit. Airing reveals more honeyed aromas, yellow fruits.
The onset is rich, silky but remains fresh and elegant. The middle mouth is built around this roundness and this delicate fruit. In the finish, the wine is powerful but not heavy, in true harmony with its terroir whose characteristics give it an extraordinary dimension."
- Technical sheet elaborated by M. Pascal Leonetti, Best Sommelier of France 2006, Sommelier at l’Auberge de l’Ill (*** Michelin)