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Region: |
Alsace, Alsace, France |
Varietal: |
Auxerrois |
Classification: |
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Importer: |
Weygandt-Metzler |
Score: |
90JG |
Review: |
"When I first was introduced to the Barthelmé brothers’ wines in the early 1990s, I bought a case of their excellent Pinot Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes in several vintages. The wine always aged beautifully and has been an extraordinary value for a long time. I wonder if the vintages under screwcap will age as gracefully as those old vintages did under cork? In any case, the 2018 version is excellent out of the blocks, offering up a bright and complex bouquet of white peach, clementine, a hint of guava, a beautiful base of chalky soil tones and a floral topnote redolent of both citrus blossoms and honeysuckle. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, crisp and wide open in personality, with a succulent core of fruit, good soil signature, fine focus and grip and a long, zesty finish. This is a 2018, so the acids frame the wine nicely, but probably will not supply a chassis for longer-term cellaring, but in any case, the wine is so delicious out of the blocks that not too many people are going to be inclined to defer gratification!" |
Staff Notes:
"When I first was introduced to the Barthelmé brothers’ wines in the early 1990s, I bought a case of their excellent Pinot Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes in several vintages. The wine always aged beautifully and has been an extraordinary value for a long time. I wonder if the vintages under screwcap will age as gracefully as those old vintages did under cork? In any case, the 2018 version is excellent out of the blocks, offering up a bright and complex bouquet of white peach, clementine, a hint of guava, a beautiful base of chalky soil tones and a floral topnote redolent of both citrus blossoms and honeysuckle. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, crisp and wide open in personality, with a succulent core of fruit, good soil signature, fine focus and grip and a long, zesty finish. This is a 2018, so the acids frame the wine nicely, but probably will not supply a chassis for longer-term cellaring, but in any case, the wine is so delicious out of the blocks that not too many people are going to be inclined to defer gratification!" 90 Points John Gilman, View From the Cellar