Domaine Maurice Schoech Alsace Riesling 'Furstentum' Grand Cru 2023 Size:750ml Aged in a combination of

Aged in a combination of two-thirds stainless steel and one-third used barrels

Pale in hue

with the balance in cuve

Both richer and more taut than the Rotgipfler Anning

Wines so declared can carry formidable leves of residual sugar: 25 grams is perhaps the minimum but more often the Moelleux at the Foreau domaine has 35 or 50 or sometimes even 80 or 90 grams of sugar left in the wine

Domaine Maurice Schoech Alsace Riesling 'Furstentum' Grand Cru 2023 Size:750ml Aged in a combination ofIn 2015, Schoech acquired 0. 2 hectares of Riesling in this coveted Grand Cru located in Kientzheim, in the heart of the valley of Kaysersberg. The soil composition of Furstentum is limestone based, instead of the granitic rock found in their Grand Cru Kaefferkopf. Furstentum is south facing with superb exposure to the sun and the vines sit on a steep slope with a 37% angle that offers excellent drainage. Forceful but elegant and intensely aromatic,