Weinbach, Furstentum Gewurztraminer SGN Vintage:2006 (from 70+ year old vines)

(from 70+ year old vines)

graphite and loads of this chalky minerality that also emerges on the palate

and hints of spice and earth

spicy and red currant aromas

Weinbach, Furstentum Gewurztraminer SGN Vintage:2006 (from 70+ year old vines)The Fallers' 2006 Gewurztraminer Furstentum Selection de Grains Nobles displays such superficial sweetness for now that it is hard to pull out and possibly also to appreciate its virtues. Candy cane like cinnamon, cyanic fruit pit bitterness, black tea, and musk are all elements in this thick and rather inscrutable elixir whose sheer finishing intensity is breath taking, even if like me one is neither especially enamored by its flavors nor convinced