Grand Cru Alsace
The Grand Cru system in Alsace was introduced in 1983, with the first 25 vineyards classified at that time. It denotes a wine from a single named vineyard site, from a single vintage, and from one of the four permitted varieties: Riesling, Muscat, Gewürztraminer or Pinot Gris. The maximum permitted yields are distinctively lower than for those of the basic appellation Alsace.
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Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
£266.58
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Domaine Zind Humbrecht,
Ready, but will keep,
Zind Humbrecht's 2007 Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Hengst, Selection de Grains Nobles shows an aromatic nose of rose water, intensely spicy, pineapple/grapefruit-scented nose that gives way to a palate of extreme elegance and well balanced sweetness. Concentrated flavours fill the mouth with lush lychee notes, honeysuckle, exotic spices and tropical fruits. Boisterously expressive yet graceful, this will hold for many years, gaining more layers of additional complexity and it will not begin to hit its plateau of maturity after 25-30 years. It is a candidate for perfection!
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Domaine Weinbach,
Ready, but will improve,
Mirroring the dark granitic rocks peering down on the village on Kayserberg, the Faller family's famous vineyard Schlossberg is underpinned by granite soils, bringing a real sense of stature and poise to the wine. Naturally more concentrated than previous years due to the loss of up to 40% of fruit at flowering, this is the Faller's flagship Riesling, topped only by 'L'Inedit'. It speaks of a family whose whole being is bound up with the symbiosis between the granite rocks and Riesling. Given the small but high quality fruit, this is a dry wine that would benefit from a decade's ageing in a dark cellar, so drinking at its best from 2018/20 till 2030 say.
(David Berry Green, Berrys' Alsace Buyer)
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Ready, but will improve,
Muenchberg Grand Cru Riesling remains André’s flagship wine: a perfect match of vine and site. Only 3km from the winery, with a shading forest above and a cooling stream at its feet, the vineyard’s volcanic and pink sandstone imbue Riesling with minerality and flesh respectively. Still a baby, everything under wraps, held ever so tightly, yet the latent power, poise and angelic shape of this wine is discernible. Defined by a dry, salty backdrop that André searches for, as evidence of deep-rooted minerality (and encouraged by biodynamic viticulture).
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(David Berry Green, Berrys' Alsace Buyer)