Domaine Weinbach - Pinot Gris "Les Caracoles" 2021 (750ml)
Price: $57.99
| Producer | Domaine Weinbach |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Varietal | Pinot Gris |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 68609 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Weinbach Description
Old vines from Les Caracoles vineyard, limestone soil on the lower part of the Furstentum/Altenbourg hill. This terroir offers a relatively cool, slow maturing conditions with consistently high acid levels in the juice. Previously known as Pinot Gris “Ste Catherine”.
Tasting Note: Subtle and delicate nose of honey and exotic fruit, with smoky and buttery notes. Rich and well structured on the palate, crisp and supple thanks to a lively acidity which frames the flavours. A dense, concentrated wine showing a very elegant and persistent finish.
Wine Pairing: Perfect accompaniment to a mushroom risotto, white meats, poultry, lamb, duck. Pairs very well with grilled salmon and other oily fish as well as Asian cuisine and hard cheeses.
Vinous: 91 Points
The 2021 Pinot Gris Les Caracoles is named after the Schnackator lieu-dit, a name perhaps linked to snail-shaped fossils in the limestone soils. It is just underneath the grand cru Furstentum, on clay and limestone; the vines are 40-50 years old. This was aged in foudre, and the nose is very shy. There is a mere faint note of lemon. The palate then presents a cool, lemon-edged sense of juicy pear but remains streamlined and bright, giving the merest edge of almond skin bitterness. The finish is bone-dry and mouth-watering. (Bone-dry)
