Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru

One of the stunning Grand Cru of the Marcel Deiss winery whose tasting perhaps best explains the genius of the great Alsatian producer. It is as if you have before you a "symphony orchestra" performing its work in perfect harmony. Altenberg always has residual sugars, possesses incredible richness, power but also a fantastic nerve and precision of expression. It's hard to classify it as sweet or dry despite its sugars. It's more than just numbers or trying to put it into words, it's a real experience, a wine that belongs in a special "league", it's a great grand vin. If you measure it in terms of actual numbers you'll fall short. Its sweetness would rank it between a German Kabinett and Spatlese. Taste-wise, however, it's neither of those things. Botrytis, huge dry extract (yields of less than 20hl/ha) and the fact that the Alsatian sun gives much richer wines make it quite different. One of the greatest terroirs not only of Alsace but of the whole planet.