2009 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive
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Fermented in neutral barrels and vats, aged in bottle. No chaptalisation. Sweet and rich and lychee juice, but fresher than expected. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Entirely from the Sporen, the 2009 Gewurztraminer Vendange Tardive offers an intense, clear, fresh and spicy bouquet with grapefruit and cumin aromas. Rich and elegant, this is a very intense and juicy, well-balanced undercover Sporen provided with a fine tannin grip and a long and mineral aftertaste. Really stimulating. Picked with "almost no botrytis" at 17.2% potential alcohol and bottled with 100 grams of residual sugar. Tasted in April 2017.
(11.3% alcohol, 98 g/l r.s. and 4.7 acidity) Fairly pale color. Polite, scented aromas of rose petal and cinnamon. Rich and pure but subdued, with a rather ethereal character for a VT. Sweet, lush apricot, peach and spice flavors seem quite easygoing today, with harmonious acidity giving the wine shape. Not the last word in complexity but delicious from day one.