2009 Hugel & Fils Riesling Jubilee, Alsace

Clear, fully ripe, bright fruit aromas along with some minty/herbal and mineral/earthy flavours on the nose open the intensely and deeply straw-yellow coloured 2009 Riesling Hugel Jubilee. Ripe but very mineral on the palate, with a lower acidity than 2010 yet still vital and elegant, this generously full-bodied, well- structured and balanced undercover Schoenenbourg, with its long and aromatic finish, is already lovely to drink but should hold its form over the next decade. Drink: now-2025.