The Mann 2010 Riesling Schlossberg L’Epicentre was picked October 27, so only around a week later than the corresponding 2011, and it finished with virtually the same alcohol (8.5 grams) and residual sugar (160 grams) – but (at 12.8 grams) with nearly twice the 2011’s acidity! Any exaggeration here, however, is confined to the wine’s analysis, as its performance is rarified and proportional to an almost astonishing degree. A penetrating nose of honeysuckle, candied lemon rind and horseradish leads to a palate of utmost delicacy and with invigoratingly bright fresh lime and orange juiciness. Like a lime meringue studded with crystallized ginger and glazed with quince jelly, this lusciously long-lingering elixir at once cools, refreshes, stimulates and soothes the palate. (For more background on this bottling, consult my coverage of the 2007 in issue 188.) Plan to follow it into mid-century (or to leave bottles for someone who can). - David Schildknecht