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The April 2022 Auction: Part 4
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"The Ostertag 2007 Pinot Gris Muenchberg A360P (its parcel’s identifying code on the label a holdover from times when the oak-unfriendly authorities repeatedly denied this bottling “Grand Cru” status) smells pungently, almost ominously smoky, as well as headily of ripe peach, bacon, musk, decadent lily perfume, lanolin and fresh ginger. Oily and voluminous (from 15% alcohol) as well as persistently peachy, musky, spicy, and charred, it’s surprising how little evidence this evinces of its two-thirds new barrel. That said, there is a certain genuine synergy between the barrel and “natural” Pinot Gris character in the palpable sense of spice and charred intensity of the finish here, which – also surprisingly – does not betray its alcohol as heat."
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"The Ostertag 2007 Pinot Gris Muenchberg A360P (its parcel’s identifying code on the label a holdover from times when the oak-unfriendly authorities repeatedly denied this bottling “Grand Cru” status) smells pungently, almost ominously smoky, as well as headily of ripe peach, bacon, musk, decadent lily perfume, lanolin and fresh ginger. Oily and voluminous (from 15% alcohol) as well as persistently peachy, musky, spicy, and charred, it’s surprising how little evidence this evinces of its two-thirds new barrel. That said, there is a certain genuine synergy between the barrel and “natural” Pinot Gris character in the palpable sense of spice and charred intensity of the finish here, which – also surprisingly – does not betray its alcohol as heat."
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Sheltered by the Vosges mountains, Alsace produces aromatic, mostly dry varietal whites - Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris - of exceptional purity and ageability.