WTN: I like big Botts and I cannot lie

[David M. Bueker]

• 2012 Bott-Geyl Riesling Schoenenbourg - France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru (1/21/2026)
  Last had this in 2023, and thought it was in the zone. It still is. The color is a little deeper, but there’s no sign of oxidation. Lovely medium-bodied Riesling with just the barest touch of sweetness to buttress the fruit. I doubt it’s any sweeter than a lot of German GG wines. Beautifully balanced, and a pleasure with or without food. Wish I could still find these wines. The disappearance of Alsatian wines from American retail shelves is a great loss.

Sounds great. I still buy Trimbach, plus occasional Weinbach, Boxler, Barth, Mann. Don't know Bott-Geyl.
Agree that there is less Alsace on the shelves, and that it is a shame.
Think a few reasons:
1) glad this is reasonably dry, but there were a couple of decades where buying Alsace was a RS crapshoot.
2) the rise of trocken/GG/feinherb German wines , and increased availability of Austrian Riesling.
3) For that matter, there's a ton more pradikat German on shelves that there were for a long time.

Any experience with recent Bott-Geyl? Worth looking for?

[David M. Bueker]

Haven’t found more recent wines, but if I did I would buy them.