With bracing cress and herb scents and flavors, the Barmes-Buecher 2005 Riesling Rosenberg displays a sleek, clean, bright palate personality, as well as refreshing lemon and subtle herbal pungency in the finish. The affable Francois Barmes vocally advocates biodynamic viticulture and earlier harvesting to achieve balanced wines of juicy fruit and digestabilite. That said, more than a few of those I tasted were big-bodied to say the least, and certain of them could not handle their alcohol.Importer: Sussex Wine Merchants, Moorestown, NJ; tel. (856) 608 9644; also, a Thomas Calder Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011-33-1-46-45-15-29.