Community Tasting Note

• RajivAyyangar wrote: 87 points

  May 14, 2015 - Alsace Masterclass (The Progress, SF): Summary: Aromatic, botrytized (It’s especially acceptable to botrytize Pinot Gris, given it doesn’t have much aromatic varietal character). Sweet. This is good stuff. Score: Between 8.5 and 9.
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  Full Sensory:
  
  From Grand Cru Osterberg (clay-marl) - one of the vineyards (with Geisberg) in Trimbach’s Cuvee Frederic Emile.
  
  Visual: High concentration, rich gold with reflections of copper and straw. (Botrytis contributes to color, along with oxidation. Also this is from 2000).
  
  Nose: Strong saffron and wax (botrytis) with a hint of burnt firecracker (sulfites) and genmaicha (also a botrytis note). Honeyed. (GKruth: “like Sauternes without the oak”).
  
  Palate: Apricot, saffron. Moderate acidity. Elevated alcohol.
  
  Laterals:
  Sauternes: has new oak
  Vouvray: higher acid, no phenolic bitterness.
  Tokaji: higher acid
  
  13.9% alc
  6.8 g/L TA
  54 g/L RS
  $50

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