The Eymaels’ 2008 Riesling trocken – largely from the Nussriegel vineyard – was de-acidified, unlike their Pradikat wines of this vintage, but remains more than bright and juicy enough. Heliotrope, orange blossom, and sage in the nose lead to a bright, firm, sappy, well-stuffed palate expression of fresh citrus and under-ripe peach wreathed in herbs and flowers. This fine value should prove versatile over at least the next 3-4 years. It threatened to become another 2006, said Jan Eymael of the mid-September, 2008 rain, but even in the warmest parts of the Pfalz the weather stayed relatively cool, and he did not pick the first Rieslings until September 30, then continuing off and on for three weeks. The later it got, the better the grapes became, comments Eymael. Another month on the vine allowed for the November 18 picking of two magnificent nobly sweet Scheureben.Importer: Rudi Wiest, Cellars International, Carlsbad, CA; tel. (800) 596-9463