100% volcanic soils reflect intriguing smoky aspects. At first almost caressing, the palate reveals ripe, juicy pear, wet stone and more smokiness, with energy-lending citrus and pepper. After sipping, you realise how very concentrated and even powerful the exceptionally smooth palate is. A veritable showstopper and fit for the finest gastronomy.
A minerally white, with a waft of smoke on the nose underscoring notes of tangerine, honeyed apricot, lime blossoms and pink grapefruit granita. Firm and well-cut, with a bright finish of white blossoms, stone and spices.
The 2021 Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos Saint Urbain Grand Cru is from the famously steep and dark volcanic rock of Rangen with some sandstone inclusions. The soil is rich in potassium which buffers the pH of the wine, making the acid less strident yet lending much power to the wines. The oldest plots of Riesling are up to 60 years old; the younger vines are 45 years old. The color is golden. Underneath the reduction is a spicy smokiness, with greengage and white pepper. There is something utterly fluid, intense, compact and concentrated that seems to have a total verticality, driving into the depth of the rock. The wine has luminous citric yet balanced freshness and is clear as a bell. Wait for this because it will be sensational. The finish is bone-dry and salty
The 2019 Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos Saint Urbain yielded only 18 hectoliters per hectare and opens with fleshy, super ripe and aromatic fruit that initially covers the volcanic features of the Rangen that emerge only slowly but remarkably. There is passion fruit and other tropical fruit aromas here. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense, refined and elegant, lush and generous Rangen with firm and fine tannins, intense and juicy fruit and lingering salinity. This is very long and complex yet not really powerful or mighty. However, it fills every corner of the palate; it’s dense yet not heavy and rather light, rich but floating, vital and saline.