White #Alsace #wine from France: 1997 #organic: http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Gresser. Producer: Rémy Gresser, 67140 Andlau. Vintage: 1997. Purchased from andlau. Appearance medium amber, very thin on the glass with bananas, esters, pineappe boiled sweets aromatics. The attack is quite soft with flavour that takes a while to come, eventually being dried pineapple. Evolution: Dried pineapple, hay, pear drops with a finish which is lingering pear drops and a slight grassy bitterness. Sweetness: 2. Acidity: 2.5. Tannin: 0 with a texture which is slightly rough syrup and the length is excellent – long and lingering. As for balance, it's lovely balance – quite sweet but with loads of fruit and respectable acidity. The wine has a closure and is 13% abv. Overall, this wine is: Very nice. We drank this with coley topped with chorizo and a cheese & potato pudding – quite rich and oily which this stood up to beautifully. I am a huge fan of Gresser wines, and this doesn’t disappoint at all – looking forward to seeing how this develops over the coming years. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 90 points.