2005 | Domaine Weinbach | Pinot Gris Altenbourg Quintessence de Grains Nobles (Half Litre)

A 2005 Pinot Gris Altenbourg Quintessence de Grains Nobles erupts from the glass with smoke, spice, pineapple, peach and honey. Extraordinarily rich yet luscious and refined, it finishes with astonishing clarity, exhibiting bell-clear essence of peach, pineapple, and orange awash in honey and liberally dusted with brown spices.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: A 2005 Pinot Gris Altenbourg Quintessence de Grains Nobles erupts from the glass with smoke, spice, pineapple, peach and honey. Extraordinarily rich yet luscious and refined, it finishes with astonishing clarity, exhibiting bell-clear essence of peach, pineapple, and orange awash in honey and liberally dusted with brown spices. Amazing now -- and by no means superficially sweet -- this should gain complexity over a 20-25 year period.

• Wine Spectator: Elegant, with whiplash acidity that starts your mouth watering as soon as the wine hits your palate. There's lots of candied orange and apple flavors, with notes of guava, honey and a hint of forest floor underneath. Drink now through 2028.

Producer Information

Domaine Weinbach is a leading wine estate of the Alsace wine region. Located in the village of Kayersberg, it is known for producing wine from Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner and Gewürztraminer in a concentrated style, with many of the top-cuvées bottled with residual sugar. Unusually for the region, Weinbach produces wine purely from estate-grown grapes. It has holdings in four nearby Grand Cru vineyards on the slopes of the Weisbach Valley – Schlossberg, Furstentum, Mambourg and Marckgrain. Weinbach also owns the famous 5-hectare (12-acre) monopole, Le Clos des Capucins, which surrounds the cellars just below Schlossberg, and the Altenbourg vineyard adjacent to Furstentum. The estate has been in the Faller family since 1898, with all cuvées from the domaine named after members of the family. The Clos des Capucins Cuvée Théo is a Riesling named after Théo Faller, the second generation of the family to work the estate after it was aquired in 1898. Théo Faller was particularly passionate about the estate, strongly advocating for the recognition of Le Clos des Capucins as an appellation d'origine contrôlée. Théo's wife Colette and their two daughters Catherine and Laurence also have a cuvée in the portfolio. Domaine Weinbach is named after the "wine brook", a small stream that runs through the main property. Constructed in 1612, it is a former monastery of the village.

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