Last hot days of summer…I took a look into my wine cellar and discovered this wonderful and fresh white wine. I decided to have a cold dinner in the garden…prepare everything in advance and then enjoying the entire dinner sipping this great Vendages Tardives.
As you probably noticed I love Paul Blanck’s wines. I visited a couple of time his Domaine in the southern part of Alsace wine country and have appreciated the quality and prices of wines from this excellent wine producer.
The grapes are picked in an over-ripe state several weeks after the start of harvesting and
the development of “noble rot” (Botrytis Cinerea) dries them out on the vine. The resulting sweet wine is rich and complex, with great ageing potential.
This Pinot Gris Altenbourg VT 2007 has pear at the nose, discrete green notes and some tropical notes. At the palate opened up with orange rind and citrus freshness, pear, good acidity, and some spices.