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Le guide Bettane Desseauve des vins de France 2012

GRAND CRU HENGST GEWURZTRAMINER 2008 14.5/20
2011 à 2018
Smoked and honeyed nose, sweet and powerful mouth with smoky
finish, ending in a dry character.

Le grand guide des vins de France 2011

Founded in 1959 by Paul Buecher, the estate has grown a lot in only two generations. Going up from 6 to 32 hectars, it is now one of the biggest independent estate in the region. The 2005 vintage reveals the progresses in quality; the grands crus, particularly, pass a stage. The 2007 and 2008 wines are ample, with an easy drinking fruit, and contained residual sugar.

GC Brand Pinot gris 2007
A wine with a nose of ripe fruits and vanilla, ample and flesh in the mouth, with a semi-dry balance. Good success for a harmonious wine which will be perfect at table in a few years.

Crémant d'Alsace Chardonnay
Aromatic with a nose of white flowers, frank in the mouth with a good vinosity and a moderate dosage.
Muscat Res. personnelle 2008
Fresh and aromatic, dense in the mouth with a fine acidity. A Muscat of character that will accompany the aperitif or even a whole meal.
Sylvaner 2007
Ripe, dry, ample and fat, perfect at table. A great success.

GRAND CRU BRAND RIESLING 2007                        15.5/20
2012 à 2022
Straight, with a closed aromatic profile at this stage, ample
in the mouth and tight by a good acidity. Ageworthy.

GRAND CRU HENGST GEWURZTRAMINER
VENDANGES TARDIVES 2007                                        17/20
2013 à 2027
The nose is discreat with toasted notes, it's an ample wine
with a pronounced but melted sweetness, the mouth is
deep with a spicy and lingering finish. Very ageworthy.

PINOT NOIR H 2005                                                     15.5/20
2010 à 2020
Produced on the Hengst, this cuvée is very confidential, one
barrel pro year. In 2005 it gives an ample wine with a very
ripe nose of black fruits, deep in mouth with ripe and fat
tannins.

MUSCAT SELECTION DE GRAINS NOBLES 2005            16/20
2010 à 2020
A plot of over-matured Muscat d'Alsace has given this wine
with an apricot nose, delicate in the mouth, with a well
integrated sweetness.

PINOT GRIS CLOS GOTTESTHAL 2007                         14.5/20
2010 à 2013
First wine produced on the new planted vineyard of Leimbach, in
the south of Thann. The nose is spicy with a tint of vanilla, the
mouth is ample and very pure with a lingering finish.

PINOT GRIS SELECTION DE GRAINS NOBLES 2005       17/20
2012 à 2025
Candied nose, with honey, praline and citrus rinds, ample in
the mouth with a great length. Very ageworthy.

Le grand guide des vins de France 2010

Founded in 1959 by Paul Buecher, the estate has grown a lot in only two generations. Going up from 6 to 32 hectars, it is now one of the biggest independent estate in the region. The estate has passed a stage in terms of quality from the 2005 vintage.

GC Hengst Gewurzt. 2006
A smooth Hengst, already expressive in the nose, with black pepper and smoky aromas. The mouth is ample and deep with good minerality. A powerful wine to keep in order to express its potential.

GC Hengst Gewurzt. SGN 2005
The character of the Hengst is not masked by the very sweet balance and gives a powerful wine, made to be aged.
Pinot Gris Res. person. 2007
A balanced P.Gris, with a wheat and pear nose, dry in the mouth, with an acidity worthy of a Riesling. Perfect at table from now.
Pinot Gris VT 2005
A wine with a candied nose with fig and honey. Honeyed in moth with a fine acidity. An elegant wine.
Pinot Noir Rosenberg 2006
A P.Noir with a very clean fruit, supple in the mouth, with fine tannins. A nice expression of an alsatian red wine.

Riesling VT 2005
An off-dry wine with a nose of candied citrus, tender in the mouth with a fine acidity. It will suit a dish of fish in sauce after a few years of cellaring.

Le grand guide des vins de France 2009

Founded in 1959 by Paul Buecher, the estate has grown a lot in only two generations. Going up from 6 to 32 hectars, it is now one of the biggest independent estate in the region. The vineyard has extended beyond Wettolsheim, on varied terroirs between Niedermorschwihr and the south of Thann.The 2005 vintage reveals the progresses in quality; the grands crus, particularly, pass a stage. The 2006 standard cuvees have avoided the disaster with some nice successes.
GC Brand Pinot Gris 2005
A very pure wine with a hawthorn nose. Clear mouth with a polished sweetness.
GC Brand Riesling 2005
A fine wine, very elegant nose. The mouth is pure and mineral, fat and long.
GC Hengst Gewurzt. VT 2005
The strength of the Hengst appears in this late harvest. The nose shows praline and candied fruits, the mouth is well-rounded, ample and very deep.
GC Sommerberg Riesling 2005
A ripe Riesling with a citrus nose and a saline and clear mouth.
Heimbourg Riesling 2002
A mature Riesling, mineralin the nose with citrus peel notes. Nice density, slightly sweet in the mouth, with a goodacidity that gives the final a strict aspect.
Pinot Noir Les Terrasses 2004
A concentrated Pinot Noir that shows character. The barrel aging is pronounced but well integrated.

Le grand guide des vins de France 2008

Founded in 1959 by paul Buecher, the estate has grown a lot in only two generations. Going up from 6 to 32 hectars, it is now one of the biggest independent estate in the region. The vineyard has extended beyond Wettolsheim, on varied terroirs between Niedermorschwihr and the south of Thann. The expression of the terroir is one of the objects of the quality process. Pleasant wines that have made the estate's reputation progressively give up the place to more dense and typical cuvees, especially since Jérôme, Henri's son, has taken over the winemaking in 2002. After a light 2004 vintage, the 2005's wines show good concentration and mineral expressions.

GC Brand Riesling 2005
An "airy" wine, intense ripe citrus nose and more supple mouth with a mineral balance still marked by a light sweetness.
GC Hengst Gewurztraminer 2003
The Hengst likes hot vintages and this 2003 has a dry balance. Powerful and spicy with typical leather and hay aromas in finish. Choose it to accompany a main dish rather than a starter or a dessert.
Crémant d'Alsace Chardonnay
From the 2004 vintage and aged more than two years on laths, this is a "airy" cremant with a hazelnut nose. Fine bubbles and dry balance.
Riesling Réserve Personnelle 2005
Elegant, floral and slightly smoked, this wine has an ample and pure mouth.