Schlossgut Diel Scheurebe Spatlese 2009 750ml

The final vintage; the vineyard was small and though we could have bought the whole production, which wasn’t a lot, we didn’t because stellar as it was, the price was sufficient-to-give-pause. Still, I’m sad to see it go. This `12 has a delicate fragrance for Scheu, but it’s classy, more of an angular Riesling with a tic of elderflower and mango. A polite farewell, with triste Don’t know Scheurebe? It’s why you can ignore all but the very best Sauvignon Blancs, because this grape does much the same dance, but far better.