Heidi Schrock Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc)

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Floral perfume and sweet citrus oil rise seductively from a glass of Schrock’s 2007 Weissburgunder. With the combination of lush creaminess and elegance and vivacity that only this grape variety (in the right hands) can exhibit, and with a mingling of savory, saline, scallop-like, chalky minerality and nut oils, fresh apple, and citrus cream, this finishes with striking length and mineral complexity. There is a hint of brown spice, peony, and rose petal hovering about this as though a dollop of Gewurztraminer had been added. This will prove terrifically versatile and alluring for at least 5-7 years, I predict. As always, this wine was vinified entirely in tank, with long lees contact. New plantings will eventually increase production of Pinot Blanc by 50% chez Schrock. Heidi Schrock’s dry white collection from 2007 reflects the precocity and incipient botrytis of the vintage in the wines’ ripeness and amplitude, yet there is a sense of minerality and above all a leavening of fresh fruit acids that her lush, at times heady 2006s lacked. “From the 10th of September, we had gorgeous weather,” she relates, “and we brought everything in quickly.”Importer: Terry Theise Estate Selections, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc., Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300