Category: Alsace
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Champagne Grande Rosé, Gosset Corked, bugger! Riesling Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg Spatlese no. 23 Auction wine 1996 Really pure, limey nose. Very racy and exciting. Frighteningly acidic, very linear. But great …
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After visiting Moreau we went to a one-star in Beaune and drank the following wines with dinner. Riesling Grand Cru Muenchberg 2001, Andre Ostertag Good mineral nose, nice and …
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Sunday’s general drinking saw an increase in pace. The football was on, I suppose. Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg Cuvée St. Catherine l’Inedit 1998, Weinbach Weighty nose, ripe and concentrated. …
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Last night I had another bottle of Riesling Grand Cru Rangen 2003 from Zind-Humbrecht. It was bloody awful. So hot and confected it tasted more like child’s sweets than …
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It has been years since I last tried a wine from this producer. I wonder if he still makes barrique fermented Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris… Oh dear… I …
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Zind-Humbrecht do not hold back when it comes to making large-scale wines. Even in moderate vintages they can be real behemoths. 2003 was incredibly hot all over Europe, so …
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A more sedate dinner party last night. Chablis Premier Cru le Forest 2004, R & V Dauvissat This had good weight and roundness. It was quite acidic, but the …
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Trimbach make some great Rieslings. They don’t do malolactic fermentation to soften the acid and ferment them dry so they can be quite austere and rigorous. Given plenty of …
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One of the problems with Zind-Humbrecht wine is that you can never really know before you taste them what they are going to be like. Olivier Humbrecht has stated …
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2003 was a crazy year in Europe, so hot. This wine demonstrates the problems with that. Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Hengst 2003, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht This honks of raw booze. An …
