White
Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru Gewurztraminer
Alsace · France
Fact sheet
- Type
- White
- Grape
- Gewürztraminer
- Country
- France
- Region
- Alsace
- Appellation
- Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Sweetness
- medium
Food pairing
Thai curry · sweet and sour chicken · blue cheeses · fruit-based desserts · duck with orange
Rated vintages
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201594 pts
A lovely, heady lift of lemon, peach and passion fruit dances on the nose. This rich sweet-fruited tropicality is played out fully on the medium-sweet palate where the passion fruit swirls tartly alongside sweet ripe generous peach. It is the passion-fruit aroma and tartness tha…
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201390 pts
A rather high-toned note akin to resin appears at first but quickly turns into the sweet notion of fir honey. The palate is honeyed, too, with a rich, almost candied center of caramelised peach. There is concentration at the core and a convincing freshness.