Unfortunately, only 75 cases of the 1993 Pinot Blanc-Herrenweg made it into the United States. This wine is an extraordinary value, as well as a knock-out example of just what heights Alsatian Pinot Blanc can attain. From its dazzling nose of honeyed, buttery, Mandarin orange-like fruit, this pure, ripe, clean, medium to full-bodied wine is loaded with oodles of fruit. There is admirable freshness, vibrancy, and mouthfilling seductiveness to this Pinot Blanc. Drink it over the next 2-3 years. Charles Schleret may not be as well known as Zind-Humbrecht or Domaine Weinbach, but like several other low profile, great Alsatian wine producers (Bernard Schoffit, Albert Mann, Marcel Deiss, Albert Boxler, and E. Burn to name a few), Schleret consistently produces brilliant wines. It continues to be a source of personal frustration that the great white wines of Alsace are largely ignored by American wine consumers. I have frequently served these wines blind to discerning guests, and the oohs and aahs heard would suggest they would be rushing off to buy these wines by the case. But once the identity is revealed, Alsace's lack of "prestige value" compels these people to throw away their money on something else.Importer: Neal Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Shekomeko, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990.