Tasting Highlights: Alsace

2004 offers clarity, finesse and balance
Bruce Sanderson
Posted: July 10, 2006

The 2004 vintage in Alsace offers the kind of wine I like to drink: crisp, clean and balanced, with well-defined flavors and a transparency that permits the terroirs to shine. To date, I have tasted 76 recently released Rieslings and Gewürztraminers; one-third have earned outstanding scores (90 points or more) on the Wine Spectator 100-point scale.

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