2005 Marcel Deiss Engelgarten

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  6/6/2020 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Labeled as "1er Cru Bergheim". A blend of Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and Muscat. 12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Developed pale bronze color. Developed and surprisingly sappy, herbal and green-toned nose with tertiary aromas of caramel, some sweet nutty notes of Marsala, light medicinal notes of Fernet Branca or Riga Black Balsam, a hint of peppermint and a touch of dried stone fruits. The wine is rich, full-bodied and very complex on the palate with layered medium-sweet flavors of bruised apple, some toffee, light herbal notes of Fernet Branca, light apple sauce tones, sweet hints of caramel and lemon marmalade and a touch of smoke. Very juicy and succulent overall feel with moderately high acidity that lends good sense of balance to the wine. The finish is rich, juicy and complex with tertiary off-dry flavors of apple jam, some lemon marmalade. light nutty notes, a little bit of beeswax, a herbal hint of Fernet Branca and a touch of tangy salinity.
  
  A very complex and delicious Alsace white that had a very weird and atypical nose with a very distinctive streak of Fernet Branca -like herbal character that continued on to the taste as well. Furthermore, the developed oxidative qualities hadn't turned this wine as much into classically nutty, developed white wine, but into something much more reminiscent of Marsala. I guess the wine would've been pretty much all over the place had it been bone-dry, but the residual sugar seemed to have a sort of cohesive role here, making the wine turn out to be surprisingly tasty and even quite rewarding on the palate. Quite enjoyable stuff, despite its quirky nature. Nobody in the tasting had no idea we were drinking Alsace - unsurprisingly.

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  11/11/2017 - Curton Likes this wine: 94 Points

  With turbot . Sensational. Minerals, terroir and gentle sweetness. Multiple layers and tertiary notes.

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  4/15/2016 - WAndK wrote: 78 Points

  Söt doft av nektar och honung med en gummigaktig svag lukt.
  Slätstruken smak utan distinkt syra. Söta eftersmaker.
  Det här vinet har nått sin topp och åldras fort. De tydliga petroleumdofterna och smakerna är borta.

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  1/26/2016 - RolfT wrote:

  Wine has a hint of some sort of flaw, but otherwise nice. I wont rate this.

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  5/4/2015 - MAOC wrote:

  PnP. Light gold colour. Nose of apple and pineapple with hints of mineral and petrol. Palate dryer than the nose suggested with some hints of slate and savoury notes. Nice with a cheeseboard but not a wine I would rush back to. **1/2

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