Gustave Lorentz, Alsace AOC (France) Riesling 2017

 I haven’t tasted this wine for at least five vintages, which makes me very sad about the releases that I missed.  It offers wonderfully complex aromas, with subtle floral topnotes and lovely lemon crème scents, followed by richer fruit flavors recalling tangerine above all, and then excellent minerality riding right alongside the fruit in the finish.  The acidity is abundant but perfectly integrated with the fruit, and in overall terms, every aromatic and flavor note seems perfectly proportioned in this impressively harmonious wine.  Truly, a thing of beauty.