On Apr 14, 5:06�am, "Nils Gustaf Lindgren"
> wrote:
> Hello
> One of the daughters from this currently matrilinear vigneron in Alsace (in
> Kayserberg) visited one of Helsingborg's best restaurants (and, in fact,
> deemed among the ten best in Sweden, FWIW). Dinner was suitably divided
> between slightly molecular and traditionally spring related (pike perch,
> chicken, morells, asparagus, and a sort of blob that you could push around
> with the spon and when you bit into it it was filled with something slightly
> goey tasting of marshmallows).
> 1 Muscat Reserve 2006
> While this had a fabulous Alsace Muscat nose, on palate it had a, to me, not
> pleasant bitterness, and lacked structure.
> 2 Riesling GC Schlossberg Cuv Se Catherine 2005
> [c] Strawcolored
> [n] Marked TND, beeswax, honoung, very fresh
> [p] Aciditity in attack, slight fizz, good structure, a certain bitterness
> in the aftyertaste
>
> 3 Riesling GC Sclossberg Cuv Ste Catherine "L'In�dit" 2004
> [c] Pale gold
> [n] TND, florality - honeysuckle?, candied lemon zest
> [p] Also with an acid attack, somewhat lighter in structure, resdiual sugar
> (26 g/l), and with the same bitter finish.
>
> Apparently, the second Riesling is only made in exceptional years when the
> grapes attain a very high maturity. My own reflection is that they should
> both profit from some serious cellar time - what they will be like in ten
> years I know not, but as they are, they appear young and undeveloped.
>
> 4 PG Cuv Ste Catherine 2006
> [c] Straw with green highlights
> [n] oatmeal, apricots, orange zest
> [p] Acid attack, slight fizz, some RS with (paradoxically) a dry, rather
> elegant finish.
>
> 5 Pinot noir W 2005
> [n] oak, red berries, vegetal notes, red flowers - dried roses?
> [p] spicy, cherries, oak, dry finish
>
> The cuv�e W (W for Weinbach and "wood") is matured on barriques, one and two
> years old, obtained form a producer in Nuit-St-George.
> The nose of dried roses will induce me to forgive the oak, but I still
> consider Alsace PN as unsuited to oak, even in the comparartively small
> dosage this wine has received.
>
> 6 PG Altenbourgh VT 2005
> [n] Honey, apples, saffron
> [p] Sweetness in the attack, fat and acidity, lots of fruit and generous
> length
> Easily the best wine of this dinner. Very good balance for a PG VT, an
> integration of acidity and sweetness.
> Altenbough is not a GC, it is a lieu-dite.
>
> 7 Gwz GC Furstentum VT 2005
> [n] Touch of wormwood? Bitter orange, grape fruit and english roses.
> [p] A certain oilyness, sweet, little acidity, some bitterness on the
> finish, �and a certain fieryness.
>
> During the meal we discussed what we would be willing to pay for each wine,
> on the domaine. My thought was to look up their price list at home -
> however, they do not have one. I searched their web site
> (www.domaineweinbach.com) but it does not contain any mention of anything as
> gross as costs at purchase. Perhaps slightly too refined in my never very
> humble opinion.
> OK, so some producers do not have a web site at all.
> These were our thoughts:
> 1 EU 0 (we wouldn't buy it)
> 2 EU 15 (no way is this going at under EU 20, but never mind)
> 3 As #1
> 4 EU 14
> 5 As #1
> 6 EU 22
> 7 EU 18
>
> If this gives the impression of being slightly underwhelmed, weeeeeeell ....
>
> Cheers
>
> Nils

I like Weinbach more than you seem to, but pricing keeps it out of my
cellar. But they sell enough I doubt they need to sell ex-cellar, very
popular.