{"id":4273,"date":"2012-02-04T21:49:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T21:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2012-02-04T21:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T21:49:43","slug":"more-highlights-from-majestic-two-lovely-alsace-whites-from-schlumberger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/riesling\/more-highlights-from-majestic-two-lovely-alsace-whites-from-schlumberger","title":{"rendered":"More highlights from Majestic: two lovely Alsace whites from Schlumberger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4280\" title=\"schlumberger alsace riesling gewurztraminer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409.jpg\" alt=\"schlumberger alsace riesling gewurztraminer\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMGP5409-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two more highlights from this week\u2019s press tasting at Majestic: a couple of lovely Alsace whites from Schlumberger.<\/p>\n<p>I love these wines, and at the offer price they are a steal. But they illustrate why Alsace remains a nightmare for consumers. One is dry, the other quite sweet. But nowhere is this indicated on the bottle. And both bottles are very similar looking. Of course, no back label.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaines Schlumberger Riesling \u2018Les Princes Abb\u00e9s\u2019 2009 Alsace<\/strong><br \/>\nA stylish, nicely textured dry Riesling with bold citrus fruits and some melony richness. Rounded texture with a long, spicy finish. Lovely example of Alsace Riesling. 91\/100 (\u00a313.99 Majestic, but \u00a310.99 each if you buy 2 bottles)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaines Schlumberger Gew\u00fcrztraminer \u2018Les Princes Abb\u00e9s\u2019 2009 Alsace<br \/>\n<\/strong> Sweet, open nose is grapey with some turkish delight character. Off-dry, fat textured palate with lovely smooth, sweet fruit. It flirts with flabbiness, but gets away with it. Delicious, characterful and varietally true. 92\/100 (\u00a315.99 Majestic, but \u00a312.99 each if you buy 2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more highlights from this week\u2019s press tasting at Majestic: a couple of lovely Alsace whites from Schlumberger. I love these wines, and at the offer price they are a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,55,147,28],"tags":[400,376,406,363],"class_list":["post-4273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsace","category-france","category-gewurztraminer","category-riesling","tag-alsace","tag-france","tag-gewurztraminer","tag-riesling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4282,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions\/4282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}