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ALSACE Wines
ALSACE
Wines
- Listed by DOMAINE
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DOMAINE
SCHAEFFER-WOERLY
A real down to
earth, no nonsense, friendly Alsatian wine domaine.
A joy to visit and they make great wines at very affordable prices too!
2002 was a great vintage at this domaine. |
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12
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75cl
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Riesling 'Breitstein'
Schaefer-Woerly |
2002 |
£10.00 |
Nearly GC quality; wonderful structure and
fruit. Will only get better with cellaring. |
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5
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75cl
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Riesling
Frankstein GC
Schaefer-Woerly |
2002 |
£12.00 |
Top quality wine with great finesse and
flavour. Will keep till 2015 and beyond! |
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6
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75cl
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Gewurztraminer
Vieilles Vignes
Schaefer-Woerly |
2002 |
£11.00 |
Excellent spicy wine, without being too sweet.
Great with spicy foods. |
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DOMAINE
WEINBACH-FALLER
This is one of
the top estates, making wonderful wines with great depth and substance. |
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Highly Recommended |
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8
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75cl
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Pinot Blanc
Reserve
Weinbach-Faller
ST -
Aromas of orange zest,
flowers and honey. Fat in the mouth, with a slight botrytis-induced
viscosity balanced by firm acidity. Offers good palate presence and
finishes with firm grip. |
2002 |
£10.00 |
ST 87
Now - 2014
A good 'drinker'.
Ready now, but will improve. |
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DOMAINE
ZIND HUMBRECHT
This estate is
considered to be one of the best in France by Robert Parker. The wines
here are very pure and profound, and will repay the purchaser with
cellaring - as they will only improve with age! |
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Organic Wines: Taste the
DIFFERENCE!
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59
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75cl
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Riesling
Brand
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
The Zind-Humbrecht 2007
Riesling Brand – from the densely granitic Steinglitz portion of this
cru – smells gorgeously of iris, lily-of-the-valley, linden, white
peach, and grapefruit. Plush and tenderly palate-saturating,
dry-tasting at 10 grams residual sugar, its hints of tart and bitter
red currant, grapefruit rind, peach pit, hazelnut, and sage offer
dynamic counterpoint with its generosity of fruit and texture,
persisting with uncanny tenacity, clarity, lift, and energy as well
as mysteriously marine minerality and scallop-like sweet-saline savour. |
2007 |
£39.00 |
RP95
2010-25 |
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93
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75cl
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Riesling
Brand Vieilles Vignes
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
The Humbrecht’s 2007
Riesling Brand Vieilles Vignes (tasted from cask) was picked already
September 16 in the Schneckelsburg (or Schneckenburg), just above the
Clos Jebsal, and allowed to stop fermenting at 13% alcohol and a
supportive but barely noticeable 20 grams of residual sugar. A stunning,
haunting nose of rowan, linden, iris, liquorice, resin, white peach, and
sea breeze foreshadows the elusive complexities of a palate combining
sumptuous richness and subtle oiliness with lift and refreshment. This
finishes almost torrentially, with salt, iodine, and peat staining its
waves of fruit and nut oils, while floral perfume billows persistently
overhead. |
2007 |
£44.00 |
RP97
2011-32 |
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84
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75cl
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Riesling
Clos Windsbuhl
Zind Humbrecht
Wine Spectator -
Crackling acidity frames
this dry white, but finds balance with rich, mineral-tinged notes of fleur
de sel, lemon peel, brine and a hint of forest floor. This would pair
beautifully with seafood, and the smoky finish recommends it to fish on
the grill. |
2007 |
£37.00 |
WS92
2011-25 |
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6
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75cl
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Riesling
Herrenweg
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
Crisp apples are intermingled
with smoky botrytis scents in the nose of the 2000 Riesling Herrenweg de
Turckheim. A broad, pulp-laden, medium-bodied wine, it bastes the palate
with loads of juicy pears, chamomile, linden, and minerals. Concentrated
and powerful, it also possesses an exceptionally long, pure finish.
Projected maturity: 2004-2012.
Olivier Humbrecht describes 2000 as "a year of excellent ripeness where
the key to success was sorting out the bad rot prior to harvesting."
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2000 |
£32.00 |
RP92
Now - 2017BIN END
PRICE |
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24
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75cl
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Pinot Gris
Clos Windsbuhl
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
The Zind-Humbrecht 2007
Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl is another exercise in extremity, not only on
account of its harbouring 15.3% alcohol – at 9 grams residual sugar –
but for having taken longer than the vintage’s V.T.s or S.G.N.s to
ferment. Smoky black tea, peat, and grilled peach on the nose follow on
a voluminous, oily palate, along with saline, chalky notes surprising
in a wine this overwhelmingly ripe, and helping to convey some
counterpoint in a finish that – almost miraculously – is (for now at
least) heat-free. Like the corresponding Rangen, this is difficult
to describe and completely unique in my experience. |
2007 |
£32.00 |
RP91
2010-28 |
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22
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75cl
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Gewürztraminer
Clos Windsbuhl
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
Mango, musk melon, litchi,
jasmine, black tea, and ginger on the nose of the Zind-Humbrecht 2007
Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl join with honey, lime, and marzipan on a
creamy, buoyant palate for an effect confectionary and yet somehow
refreshing. Cashew brittle, candied ginger and lime zest along with
liquid floral perfume dominate the soothing, buoyant, almost endlessly
enticing finish. This benefits from some of the highest acidity of
any of the Zind-Humbrecht 2007s, even though one doesn’t taste that as
such. You can lock this away for 20 years if you wish, but it is
still going to have sweetness to spare, I suspect, so why not savour
it all along, even if that means unaccompanied? |
2007 |
£37.00 |
RP93
2011-32 |
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17
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75cl
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Gewürztraminer
Clos Windsbuhl
Zind Humbrecht
RP -
.....the warmth of September
proved to have been sufficient for an outstanding 2004 Gewurztraminer
Clos Windsbuhl. Mint, honey, caramelized celery root in the nose segue
into a palate of creamy richness, considerable delicacy, and only subtle
sweetness (from 14.5 grams residual sugar), dominated by alkaline,
saline, marine, iodine-inflected mineral elements. This is the most
remarkably juicy, refreshing, and indeed delicate of the lot of
Humbrecht ’04 Gewurztraminer, and its finish is among the most
perfumed, lip-smacking in fruit yet also most thought-provoking in its
mysterious mineral and animal aspects of any of Humbrecht’s 2004s. |
2004 |
£29.00 |
RP94
2011-28 |
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