Type du vin : aromatic dry white
Cépage : Gewurztraminer
Alcool : 14,5 alc/vol
Température : 10 - 12 °C
Conservation : 10 années
Terroir:
A Kientzheim vineyard.
Clay-limestone soil, gently sloping, south-facing.
Vinification:
The wines are vinified in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats.
Fermentation by the action of natural, indigenous yeast.
Dégustation:
Appearance: Light yellow colour, shiny, lasting tears.
Nose: Exotic and flowery, true to type for Altenbourg.Palate: Iodized, salty almost, melon; a fleshy wine, developing.
Wine of character pur and refined.
Superb terroir wines, very successful Grand Crus.
Références:
- Very ripe and mouthcoating, displaying intensity, this Gewurztraminer has a core of honey, citrus and mineral flavors wrapped in a smoky exterior. Concentrated and sinewy. Drink now through 2005. 800 cases made. (BS)
Score 89 - June 2002 - Wine Spectator.
- “Pure, varietally accurate aromas of rose petal, cinnamon, lichee and spiced meats, plus a whiff of exotic fruits.
Sweet (25g/l r.s.) but spicy and firm-edged, with very good intensity and harmonious acidity.
Fresh flavors of lemon and white flowers complicated by smoke and spice notes with a faint impression of tannins and sneaky persistence style of Gewurztraminer very easy to drink.”
Stephen Tanzer’s, International Wine Cellar-July/ August 2001.
