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)

Marked acidity and some real chewiness. Pungent and vegy in a good way. Very interesting but a one-off.

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)

This stunning single vineyard blend of Riesling with Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir, initially shows such wonderful underlying minerality and fresh acidity that the sweetness never really...(read more)

From vines planted in 1947 and later as a field blend (complantation) of Pinot Noir and other mutations of Pinot like Beurot, Meunier, Blanc and Gris on "volcanism-baked limestone" (Deiss), the 2012 Burlen...(read more)

Some wet wool on the nose. And lots of residual sugar. Firm and rich. A wine to take notice of, not to sip.

Real nerve and excitement on the nose and then some residual sugar and breadth. Tingle on the end. Explosive finish.

Lively, sinewy, lots to chew on. Delicate.

Lots of sliced apple, pineapple and slate. Dried mango too. Full body, off dry. Spicy, tropical fruit. A blend of grape varieties from riesling to muscat. Drink now.

One of the greatest 'Grand Cru' vineyards, Riesling dominated and sensational wine. Marcel Deiss says of this: ' A religious, dense and reserved wine, like a cloister where plainsong and incense...(read more)

A stunning Grand Cru from the Altenberg vineyard, planted with almost all of the Alsace varietals. The residual sugar level is high (100g/l) giving an impression of richness, yet the mineral stra...(read more)