1999 TBA #2 Traminer Nouvelle Vague
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The amber-colored 1999 Trockenbeerenauslese No 2 Traminer Nouvelle Vague (Library Release 2024) opens with an intense bouquet of porcini, malt, orange, dark (cane) sugar, molasses and candied apricot as well as peanut, rose petal and orange aromas. The wine is savory and rich on the very intense and fresh, elegant and refined, stimulating and bitter palate that reveals a serious tannin structure and a rather dry, spicy taste. This is a gorgeous wine to have with a cigar or matured hard cheese but also with nougat and cinnamon dishes. Fabulous. 13.5% stated alcohol with 136 grams per liter of residual sugar. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in May 2024.
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Deep nose of black tea, quince paste and caramel. Firm and powerful with intense dried porcini mushrooms and molasses character. Dense, almost dry finish that’s totally fascinating. A library release at 25 years of age. Drink or hold.
Sweet pea, rose petal, brown spices and lichee in the nose signal a very noble, Alsace-typical expression of this grape. Pepper and brown spice in the mouth are backed by a low-toned meatiness. This is soft and weighty compared with the other '99s here, generating dynamic by its alternation of sweetness with spice, creaminess with bitterness. It's high in alcohol, perhaps 14%, but that might help add structure.