Weingut Bründlmayer Zöbinger Heiligenstein Riesling 2010

A metaphorically cooling as well as alluringly-scented impression of lilac, mint, and fresh lime from Brundlmayer's 2010 Riesling Heiligenstein sets the stage for a generously juicy, apple-, lime-, melon-, and red raspberry-informed as well as persistently-perfumed palate performance. An active, invigorating sense of stony, crystalline, subtly smoky mineral impingement lingers fascinatingly, even as it calls for the next sip. It's been a long while since there has been a Brundlmayer bottling of this cru that displays such delicacy, nor would you find any better example of this site's characteristic floral and mineral blandishments in a riper vintage. This elegant yet extract-rich beauty ought to be worth pursuing for at least 8-10 years. (But that's a conservative estimate. I enjoyed the 1994 last year from my cellar and again this year from Brundlmayer's; and in its sense of levity, refreshment, and transparency to haunting floral and subtly mineral notes it reminded me of this 2010. 'It was closed-up for years,' observes Brundlmayer of the 1994, 'which I don't consider unusual for Heiligenstein.') Drink: 2011-2021. Score - 92. (David Schildknecht, erobertparker.com, Oct. 2011)