Gewurztraminer SGN Quintessence 2005 - Marcel Deiss - Alsace AOP

A rare bottle! Vino Santo's magic dress. An extraordinary nose of crushed mango, pomegranate seeds, with this touch of aromas almost graphity of the rose. At aeration, very earthy nuances: ginger, quetsches, hot quinces. The mouth is sublime with a liquor of incredible finesse and lightness, long as a river, then in the final as an explosion, the return on the grapes, the triumphant fruit, the light.

A level of formal perfection quite disturbing without giving up, fortunately, his own personality. To taste already, religiously... to tidy up to make it grow ... to pass on if possible!

Carafer 2 to 3 hours before service

It is the quest for the Grail....often inaccessible. This is an absolute sorting harvesting only the fully botrytized berries.... rosines. The precious liqueur will be vinified alone, often only a few litres.

Each harvester is equipped with a round-toed kitchen knife and a plastic mineral water bottle cut in half. The staff "scratch" the botrytized berries in their bottle. In Gewurztraminer, no second sorting to maintain a proportion of about 20%of berries not fully botrytized (aromatic recall of the grape variety).