The nose is fruity and powerful with zest, hints of spice, and some mineral. The palate is medium bodied +, rather dry but still with some impression of sweetness, shows citrus with zest, powerful concentration, and aftertaste with citrus. The focus here is more on power than on elegance. Young, 88-89 p
Nose with typical Muscat aromas, sweetish impression with elderflower, honey, flowery notes, hops, and some spices. The palate is off-dry (-), fruity with yellow fruit, rather good acidity, and has some sweetness. 86-87 p
Nose with dried fruits, apricots, spice, and some botrytis notes. The palate is semi-sweet and very spicy, shows powerful concentration and medium acidity. The wine has quite a lot of Vendange Tardive style but is not quite balanced - the hot vintage shows through. 86-87 p
Nose with honey, spices, flowery notes, and a slightly oily impression. The palate is semi-sweet, viscous and very concentrated, with honey, low acidity, spices, a hint of fiery/alcoholic notes, and a hint of bitterness. Almost a Vendange Tardive style, 88-89 p
The nose is noticeably herbaceous, somewhat aromatic, and slightly spicy with yellow fruits as well as some honey. The palate just show a little bit of residual sweetness, i.e. off-dry (-), and quite a bit of acidity, a lot of citrus, yellow fruit with some honey, some spice, and some oily/viscous feeling. The wine has a fresh style with good acidity! 88-89 p
The nose is herbaceous with honey, some dried fruits including apricots, and gives a more sweet impression than the 2008 Langenberg. The palate is basically dry (but still has some sweetness masked by the acidity) with citrus (in particular blood grapefruit), powerful concentration, some grapefruit bitterness, and spices. 89-90 p
Noss with ripe citrus fruit, some flowery notes, and some green notes that don't disturb. The palate is off-dry and spicy with ripe citrus and yellow fruit, some dried fruit, honey, herbs, and a good acidity. Good concentration but not as fresh as the 2008 Langenberg or 2008 Engelgarten. 87-88 p
The nose is slightly nutty with almond notes, slightly herbaceous with yellow fruit, vanilla or perhaps white chocolate, and some honey. The palate is almost dry (with the slight sweetness hidden by the acidity) with high acidity and yellow fruit, some spices and bitterness, and a long aftertaste. Concentrated style, fresh and balanced. 90-91 p
Nose with honey, spices, yellow fruit, a great concentration of aromas with some aromatic oil character. Semi-sweet on the palate with great concentration, rather spicy, yellow fruit with some dried fruit, honey, and a rather good acidity. Vendange Tardive-styled, 89-90 p
The colour goes in the orange direction with just the tiniest bit of rosé. Nose with some dried yellow fruits, some red berries, spices, some honey, and a slightly developed note. The palate is off-dry (-) and very spicy with yellow berries, some red berries, citrus, powerful concentration, gives a slightly oily-viscous impression, and has a good acidity. Rather fresh style and pleasant development, 89-90 p.
The nose is slightly herbaceous with flowery notes, yellow fruit, some spice, and with a light botrytised note. The palate is semi-sweet with yellow fruit, grapefruit, honey, shows powerful concentration of fruit and a tiny bit of alcoholic fire, and has a long aftertaste. Vendange Tardive-styled, 89-90 p.
Nose with honey, dried yellow fruit, zest, spices, and some herbaceous notes. The palate is semi-sweet with spices, herbaceous with honey, some mint, citrus, minerality, and rather good acidity. A Vendange Tardive style. Slight more prominent acidity and minerality than the other Deiss wines with such high sweetness at this tasting. 90-91 p
The nose is spicy with honey, som flowers, and oily notes. The palate is semi-sweet, oily and noticeably spicy, with honey, dried fruit, and a tiny bit of bitterness in the aftertaste. 89-90 p
2009 Marcel Deiss Riesling 88 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is fruity and powerful with zest, hints of spice, and some mineral. The palate is medium bodied +, rather dry but still with some impression of sweetness, shows citrus with zest, powerful concentration, and aftertaste with citrus. The focus here is more on power than on elegance. Young, 88-89 p
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2008 Marcel Deiss Muscat Bergheim 86 Points
France, Alsace
Nose with typical Muscat aromas, sweetish impression with elderflower, honey, flowery notes, hops, and some spices. The palate is off-dry (-), fruity with yellow fruit, rather good acidity, and has some sweetness. 86-87 p
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2003 Marcel Deiss Pinot Gris Calcaire 86 Points
France, Alsace
Nose with dried fruits, apricots, spice, and some botrytis notes. The palate is semi-sweet and very spicy, shows powerful concentration and medium acidity. The wine has quite a lot of Vendange Tardive style but is not quite balanced - the hot vintage shows through. 86-87 p
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2007 Marcel Deiss Gewurztraminer 88 Points
France, Alsace
Nose with honey, spices, flowery notes, and a slightly oily impression. The palate is semi-sweet, viscous and very concentrated, with honey, low acidity, spices, a hint of fiery/alcoholic notes, and a hint of bitterness. Almost a Vendange Tardive style, 88-89 p
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2008 Marcel Deiss Langenberg 88 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is noticeably herbaceous, somewhat aromatic, and slightly spicy with yellow fruits as well as some honey. The palate just show a little bit of residual sweetness, i.e. off-dry (-), and quite a bit of acidity, a lot of citrus, yellow fruit with some honey, some spice, and some oily/viscous feeling. The wine has a fresh style with good acidity! 88-89 p
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2008 Marcel Deiss Engelgarten 89 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is herbaceous with honey, some dried fruits including apricots, and gives a more sweet impression than the 2008 Langenberg. The palate is basically dry (but still has some sweetness masked by the acidity) with citrus (in particular blood grapefruit), powerful concentration, some grapefruit bitterness, and spices. 89-90 p
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2007 Marcel Deiss Rotenberg 87 Points
France, Alsace
Noss with ripe citrus fruit, some flowery notes, and some green notes that don't disturb. The palate is off-dry and spicy with ripe citrus and yellow fruit, some dried fruit, honey, herbs, and a good acidity. Good concentration but not as fresh as the 2008 Langenberg or 2008 Engelgarten. 87-88 p
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2007 Marcel Deiss Schoffweg 90 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is slightly nutty with almond notes, slightly herbaceous with yellow fruit, vanilla or perhaps white chocolate, and some honey. The palate is almost dry (with the slight sweetness hidden by the acidity) with high acidity and yellow fruit, some spices and bitterness, and a long aftertaste. Concentrated style, fresh and balanced. 90-91 p
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2007 Marcel Deiss Burg 89 Points
France, Alsace
Nose with honey, spices, yellow fruit, a great concentration of aromas with some aromatic oil character. Semi-sweet on the palate with great concentration, rather spicy, yellow fruit with some dried fruit, honey, and a rather good acidity. Vendange Tardive-styled, 89-90 p
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2004 Marcel Deiss Gruenspiel 89 Points
France, Alsace
The colour goes in the orange direction with just the tiniest bit of rosé. Nose with some dried yellow fruits, some red berries, spices, some honey, and a slightly developed note. The palate is off-dry (-) and very spicy with yellow berries, some red berries, citrus, powerful concentration, gives a slightly oily-viscous impression, and has a good acidity. Rather fresh style and pleasant development, 89-90 p.
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2007 Marcel Deiss Huebuhl 89 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is slightly herbaceous with flowery notes, yellow fruit, some spice, and with a light botrytised note. The palate is semi-sweet with yellow fruit, grapefruit, honey, shows powerful concentration of fruit and a tiny bit of alcoholic fire, and has a long aftertaste. Vendange Tardive-styled, 89-90 p.
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2007 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim 90 Points
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
Nose with honey, dried yellow fruit, zest, spices, and some herbaceous notes. The palate is semi-sweet with spices, herbaceous with honey, some mint, citrus, minerality, and rather good acidity. A Vendange Tardive style. Slight more prominent acidity and minerality than the other Deiss wines with such high sweetness at this tasting. 90-91 p
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2004 Marcel Deiss Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives 89 Points
France, Alsace
The nose is spicy with honey, som flowers, and oily notes. The palate is semi-sweet, oily and noticeably spicy, with honey, dried fruit, and a tiny bit of bitterness in the aftertaste. 89-90 p
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