Andy Frieden, JJ Buckley June 2009 The color is a mahogany red ruby purple core with a ruby rim indicating some age. The nose has that 'Gout du Terroir' of a savory nature with cherries and saddle leather. There are hints of scorched earth and pain grille on the nose with some underlying crushed berries. On the palate, this wine is huge with a powerful attack of persistent red fruits of wild strawberry and bing cherry framed in nice toasty French Oak. This wine shows an extra amount of juiciness but with some fine grained tannins to keep it lively and not flabby!
Mike Supple, JJ Buckley June 2007
Laurence Faller - Domaine Weinbach Pinot Noir
About 2003 Weinbach, Domaine Pinot Noir
About the Winery Weinbach, Domaine At the foot of the majestic Schlossberg hill stands Domaine Weinbach, one of the finest estates in all of Alsace. It is run with consummate skill and total dedication by Colette Faller and her two daughters: Catherine as marketing director and Laurence as winemaker. They have the fortune to be working on some of the best soil in Frence, most notably the prestigious "Schlossberg" vineyard, the first terroir in Alsace to have received the status of Grand Cru. The Grand Cru "Furstentum," Grand Cru "Mambourg" and the adjacent "Altenbourg" vineyards make up much of the rest of the domaine's 62 acres of land, all rising above the "Clos des Capucins" vineyard, established in 1612 by the Order of Capucin monks. The grapes are hand-harvested, pressed directly as whole clusters in modern horizontal pnuematic presses. After maturation in large, ancient oak casks using only indigenous yeasts, the wine is filtered and then bottled, starting in April and finishing in mid-July. The result is an exceptional portfolio of wines noted for their balance, finesse, intensity and concentration. Famed critic Robert Parker is convinced that "Colette and her daughter Laurence...pushed Weinbach to the pinnacle of Alsace's qualitative pyramid," producing some of the most richly concentrated top-tier wines in France.
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