A 2005 Pinot Gris Altenbourg Quintessence de Grains Nobles erupts from the glass with smoke spice pineapple peach and honey. Extraordinarily rich yet luscious and refined it finishes with astonishing clarity exhibiting bell-clear essence of peach pineapple and orange awash in honey and liberally dusted with brown spices. Amazing now - and by no means superficially sweet - this should gain complexity over a 20-25 year period. -David Schildknecht

Elegant with whiplash acidity that starts your mouth watering as soon as the wine hits your palate. There's lots of candied orange and apple flavors with notes of guava honey and a hint of forest floor underneath. Drink now through 2028. 15 cases imported. -AN