Domaine Barmes-Buecher Gewürztraminer Grand Cru Steingrubler Sélection de Grains Nobles2007 (50 cl)

Located in Wettolsheim, just a stone’s throw away from Colmar, the domain was formed in 1985 when François Barmès and Geneviève Buecher got married and united their family plots. Now run by Geneviève and her children, Sophie and Maxime, the domain produces wines from an array of local varieties. The vines grow on terroirs whose individual personalities come through into the wine.

Good pale, bright yellow. Pure, precise aromas and flavors of lemon, minerals, lichee and curry powder; not exuberant or perfumey today. Then broad, aromatic and quite fine in the mouth, with lovely definition to the flavors of spices and white flowers. Wonderfully fine-grained, balanced, honest gewurztraminer with harmonious acids buffering its 80 grams of sweetness. Finishes subtle and quite long, with a fine dusting of tannins and an impression of density without weight. A beauty.