The color of the label is exactly the same as of the citrus colored 2013 Riesling Grand Cru Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain which was picked very late and sourced only from the oldest vines (averaging 63 years). Very deep...
The color of the label is exactly the same as of the citrus colored 2013 Riesling Grand Cru Rangen de Thann Clos St Urbain which was picked very late and sourced only from the oldest vines (averaging 63 years). Very deep and flinty/stony on the citrus-flavored nose (which is somewhat greenish and more on the lime site in the beginning), it needs a lot of aeration (or years in a cold cellar) to open up and reveal more of its complexity, with garnished floral and herbal aromas. Full-bodied, rich and extremely mineral on the palate, this is a powerful yet bone dry, very pure and tight, extremely focused and rocky Riesling beauty, showing a great mineral expression of its unique volcanic origin. The purity, freshness, tension-filled length and compact structure is as mind-blowing as is the steep, terraced and extremely rocky vineyard itself, which is located in the southern part of Alsace; due to its altitude of 350 to 450 meters (!) and straight neighborhood of the Vosges, the grapes ripen very slowly. That's why the Rangen Riesling is the last that is usually picked at the domaine. The finish of the 2013 is lemon-fresh, highly mineral and extremely flinty and salty, and so is the aftertaste of this flowing volcanic rock monument. An aristocratic Must Buy for all Riesling lovers. - Stephan Reinhardt