Hints of flinty smoke precede notes of ripe pear fruit on the nose. The palate comes with an unusually light-footed, almost fleeting transparency. Instead of weight there is depth and promise with a citrus-scented core that wants to be plumbed and explored. There are hints of almond and gingerbread spice that frame this lovely, slender, dry and spicy Pinot Gris with its clean finish.

A broad-shouldered, dry Pinot Gris, with a minerally underpinning and flavors of grainy green pear, star anise, slivered almond and mandarin orange peel. Long and finely balanced, with a floral overtone and a mouthwatering impression. Drink now through 2027. 210 cases made. –AN

92+ The 2014 Pinot Gris Rotenberg has a pretty clear and spicy/flinty bouquet. On the palate this is a rich and intense, very salty and piquant Pinot with lots of tension and a very good concentration (the yield was just 25 hectoliters per hectare). However, the wine is also finessed, very clear and bone dry. It finished with 2.5 grams of residual sugar and 13.3% alcohol, and has a slightly higher acidity of six grams (with a pH of 3.2). Bottled in August 2015. - Stephan Reinhardt