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Bott-Geyl, Riesling Les Elements, 2005

White Wine from Alsace, France
by Bott-Geyl
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A dry Alsace Riesling at twenty years old — the age where the fruit steps back and the smoky, honeyed, wet-stone side of mature Riesling takes over. Les Elements is Domaine Bott-Geyl's foundational range, drawn from parcels in Riquewihr, Zellenberg and Ribeauville, and Jean-Christophe Bott has farmed the family's 15 hectares from the cellar in Beblenheim since 1993. He converted the domaine to organics in 2000 and biodynamics in 2002, so this bottle was grown that way from the start, and the cellar work is deliberately hands-off: indigenous yeasts, long fermentations, no chaptalization and no fining. 2005 was a warm, ripe, well-balanced year in Alsace, which is exactly the kind of vintage that carries a wine this far. It's fully mature now — open it, give it some air, and drink it rather than cellaring it further.

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Robert Parker

84 points

"Young Jean-Christophe Bott is passionate about quality and unafraid to make sacrifices on its behalf. He has adopted a biodynamic regimen in the vineyards and is now holding most of his wines 6-24 months in bottle before release. Clarity and cleanliness run through all of these, and it is encouraging to taste so many Riesling that are uncompromisingly dry (although occasionally bitterness or alcohol intrude). Bott feels capable of encouraging dryness and balance in various ways in the vineyard and the cellar without ever intervening in or attempting to re-start sluggish fermentations. By no means all of the wines I tasted displayed strong personalities, but many of them gave reason to believe – as does Bott’s articulate advocacy – that this will be one of the more talked-about Alsace domains of the coming decade. Given the challenges that so many of his fellow-growers recorded with this variety in 2004, his success in bringing Gewurztraminer to subtly-ennobled ripeness in that vintage – while taking advantage of higher than usual acidities – is especially noteworthy." —David Schildknecht

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Riesling

  • Vintage

    2005

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Choucroute garnie, smoked trout, roast chicken with mushrooms, onion tart, pork with apples, and aged Comte.

Tasting Profile

Dry and medium-bodied, the fruit turned from citrus toward dried apricot and quince. Honey, smoke, lanolin and wet stone, acidity still firm, long dry finish.