Marc Tempe, Mambourg Riesling Grand Cru Alsace 2019

96 points Wine Advocate
"The white-golden colored 2019 Riesling Grand Cru Mambourg opens with a deep, very intense and chalky, complex and elegant bouquet with concentrated lemon and lemon chutney aromas. On the palate, this is a rich but refined, fresh and elegant, stimulatingly salty Riesling with fine bitters on the long, intense and finely tannic, dense and powerful finish that is still a bit astringent and needs another year or two to gain finesse. It aged in used pièces [Burgundy barrels] for two years and was bottled with less than one gram of residual sugar and 13.5% alcohol."

Vinous Reverie Notes
From vines planted in 1952, this is a rarity both because the parcel is only a half acre in size and because Riesling constitutes perhaps five percent of this grand cru’s total plantings (it’s known for Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris). Mambourg is one of Alsace’s warmest grand crus and among its steepest and oldest (noted in the written record as far back as 783AD). Marc’s parcel is high on the hillside and produces an intensely mineral wine with superb length and finesse. Made in older barrels.