2022 Gewurztraminer Altenbourg Domaine Weinbach

The 2022 Gewurztraminer Altenbourg has a lovely ivy edge on the nose alongside peach, peppery and fragrant. The palate is alive with peachy sweetness, juicy and rose petal tinged, beautifully rounded with a frame of bitter orange zest, rich but well-contoured. The zestiness and pithiness counter the 34 g/L of residual sugar, adding their lovely bitterness to this gently sweet wine. Together, they make the mouth water. (Off-Dry)

Here is a radical reinterpretation of gewurz that is stunningly fresh and vital, but also has the richness and creaminess of the grape on the front and mid-palates. And as it opens up in the glass, the exotic fruit aromas unfurl and rose petals cascade. Then comes the astonishingly elegant and focused finish. Is it dry or is it sweet? Who cares? The main thing is that this is a wine for savory dishes. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold.

Very clear, delicate and aromatic on the nose, with floral and tropical fruit aromas and spicy notes representing the clay and limestone soils of the terroir below the grand cru Furstentum, Weinbach's 2022 Altenbourg Gewurztraminer is a ripe, rich and concentrated, very intense yet also precise and zesty wine with great complexity and a stimulating, refreshing and spicy finish. This well-structured Gewürztraminer already drinks beautifully, especially with spicy dishes.