The following two wines will shortly be new additions to the Bacchus Wines range. Bacchus Wines already carries several of the wines of Domaine Lorentz Klipfel. These two were impressive and are very welcome newcomers to the Beijing market:
2005 Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg, Klipfel
Appearance: medium green gold.
Nose: strong apple fruit, very ‘fresh’, mineral, no kerosene or other petroleum at this stage (it is still a young wine).
Palate: apple fruit, more mineral notes, lovely refreshing high acidity with moderate residual sugar (this is only just off-dry really). Good length.
Conclusion: a young wine from a good year. This Riesling is lovely to drink now, but will really repay cellaring. Stylish Alsatian Riesling all-round.
Rating: 18/20
2005 Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Kirchberg Vendange Tardive Clos Lisser, Klipfel
Appearance: beautiful deepish gold with green tints.
Nose: classically aromatic nose with lychee and rose petal, but also the gingerbread notes that are only really found in good Alsatian examples of the Gewurztraminer grape. Shows other spices too. Not too large a nose (something from which some Gewurtraminers can suffer).
Palate: great fruit, lovely balance of moderate residual sugar to acidity (impressive acidity here for Gewurz too). Lovely length and that extra richness from this being ‘Vendange Tardive’ (late harvest).
Conclusion: a very good example of a VT Gewurztraminer. Extremely good. Will drink now, but will also repay moderate keeping.
Rating: 18.5/20
2005 Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg, Klipfel
Appearance: medium green gold.
Nose: strong apple fruit, very ‘fresh’, mineral, no kerosene or other petroleum at this stage (it is still a young wine).
Palate: apple fruit, more mineral notes, lovely refreshing high acidity with moderate residual sugar (this is only just off-dry really). Good length.
Conclusion: a young wine from a good year. This Riesling is lovely to drink now, but will really repay cellaring. Stylish Alsatian Riesling all-round.
Rating: 18/20
2005 Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Kirchberg Vendange Tardive Clos Lisser, Klipfel
Appearance: beautiful deepish gold with green tints.
Nose: classically aromatic nose with lychee and rose petal, but also the gingerbread notes that are only really found in good Alsatian examples of the Gewurztraminer grape. Shows other spices too. Not too large a nose (something from which some Gewurtraminers can suffer).
Palate: great fruit, lovely balance of moderate residual sugar to acidity (impressive acidity here for Gewurz too). Lovely length and that extra richness from this being ‘Vendange Tardive’ (late harvest).
Conclusion: a very good example of a VT Gewurztraminer. Extremely good. Will drink now, but will also repay moderate keeping.
Rating: 18.5/20
Labels: 2005, Bacchus Wines, Gewurztraminer, Grand Cru, Kirchberg, Lorentz Klipfel, Riesling, sweet white, Vendange Tardive, white
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