Domaine Zind Humbrecht, Clos Windsbuhl Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives

White fruits, nice acidity and a long slightly bitter finish. This reminded me more of a Barsac than anything else I've tried previously. A really enjoyable if not spectacular wine.

I liked but didn't love this; very rich with those buttery/grilled peach flavours I find in ZH PGs and lots of botrytised honey and vanilla flavours, but felt a touch heavy on the palate with a slightly bitter finish. Pat noted it was very Barsac-like, which I agree with.

This was terrific with foie gras, great balance with the long aftertaste that one looks for in a VT. There must be significant bottle variation given the tasting notes others have posted; this was not at all overly-sweet or tired. Wish I had more!

Color: deep burnished gold/copper -> medium gold rim. Heavily botrytized nose; apricots, peaches, brown sugar, madeira. Palate for this was really off; oxidized, short finish, gone. No rating. Wondering if this is representative . . . . Really interesting in that this bottle looked completely different from two other bottles of the same wine I have: this one was shorter and less heavy -- smaller base. Glass was brown vs. more green cast for the other two larger bottles. Wine …

oxidized

Ripe, sweet fruit, medium bodied, honeysuckle, grapefruit rind. Not sure what to pair this with. Needs some spicy and heavy food. Should continue to drink well through 2016.

APRICOTS, FIGS, AND HONEY IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.

Wine-Pages Alsace Offline (St John, London) : Richer, very rounded. Good acidity still though. This is nice. Rounded, quite rich and persistent finish. ****

Wine-Pages Alsace Offline (St John Restaurant, London) : Pear, apricot and kiwi fruit on the nose. This is fairly heavily botrytised; more so than I would expect in a VT. Really quite sweet on the palate.

This bottle was not corked but seemed to be flawed in some way, maybe from heat. Dark gold, it showed honey, cloves and iced tea but none of the class of more-typical Windsbuhl bottlings. Disappointing, not scored.