Alsace

Crisply delivered with rock dust, lime and a hint of kerosene. The palate is pure and focused with juicy citrus, then a textured mineral expression on the finish.

A bright straw yellow with light gold reflections. An intense and exemplary flowery bouquet with petal of roses and some spicy hints. Very frank and pure on the palate with intense flavours of fl...(read more)

Tasted blind. Very distinctive. Deep gold and initially a bit stinky. Strong gingerbread notes. I immediately thought this was a wine made from biodynamically grown grapes. Lots of tingle, richne...(read more)

Definitely wild and a bit of a blend. Wild flowers and breadth and richness. Distinctive

There is a lot of rubbish written about not only the Gewurztraminer grape but also its most exciting proponents who almost exclusively live in Alsace.  Deiss is, on the one hand, a magician and on the other a madman.  This grape is a flabby...(read more)

The Deiss 2011 Langenberg features ripe peach and muskmelon accompanied by piquancy of peach kernel and phenolic bite of citrus rind and chewy fruit skins, as befits a wine dominated by Pinots an...(read more)

Bright straw-green. Precise aromas of white flowers, nutmeg and crushed stone. Dense but juicy, with strong acidity lifting the minty lemon and grapefruit flavors, complicated by a bright herbal...(read more)

Pungent marjoram and black pepper, bacon fat and rose petal in the nose really project the Gewurz- and red Traminer elements in Deiss’s 2009 Grasberg. But after the cool refinement and seductive...(read more)