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Sunday, August 7, 2016 - This Alsace Pinot Gris is over the hill but still a nice wine if you can appreciate mature white wine.

I've put it in a contest next to a 2007 Kreuznacher Rosenberg Grauer Burgunder Auslese over a two course meal.
We started with a warm salad with trout fillet, sesame seeds and red grapefruit.. Although the Pinot Gris has a more distinct grapefruit scent it lacked the accidity to stand up to the real thing where the 2007 Grauer Burgunder Auslese had all it needed to balance the dish.

The main course was fried wild salmon fillet with a sauce of ginger and lemon. served with carrots, mashed potatoes and fried leeks. Here the Pinot Gris gave a better performance to counter the rich sauce and soy sauce effect of the fried leeks. Still it seemed sweeter than the German Auslese and the latter was the overall winner.

It might have been a better choice to have paired the Pinot Gris with a salad with pear, smoked poultry and a blue cheese dressing.

I'll open my last bottle 2008 Dirler-Cade Pinot Gris Schwarzberg with this salad and/or some Foie Gras.

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