2021 Domaine Weinbach "Les Caracoles" Pinot Gris Alsace
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James Suckling
Reviewed March 2023If you are ever worried that Alsace pinot gris might be too extravagant for you, here is an incredibly pure and wonderfully balanced example. Super-ripe apricot yet so bright and clean, then you are pulled into the simultaneous rich and tense palate of this amazing pinot gris. Very dry and extremely straight finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold.
Professional Reviews
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Vinous
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) (AK)
Details
| Origin | Alsace, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Pinot Gris |
| SKU | 1679034 |