Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer 'Les Treilles du Loup' 2023

92pts Vinous (2022, 2023 NYR)The 2022 Gewurztraminer Treilles du Loup is from the Wolfreben lieu-dit on granitic sand on the plain. Damask rose is gentle on the nose, smooth peach is rounded and juicy on the palate, alive with tingling orange zest. There are just 10 g/L of residual sweetness, but they just boost the fruit, peach and orange peel. The finish is long, balanced and perfumed. (Dry) Drinking Window 2024 - 2034 - By Anne Krebiehl MW on January 2024 Eddy Leiber-Faller says that Alsace went “from record rain in 2021 to record drought in 2022.” This is especially hard in the steep, stony Schlossberg, where vines root in well-drained granite. “But luckily, on the 15th of August, we got 35mm of rain over the course of five to six hours. After that, it was still sunny but cooler, and this was providential.” The Rieslings, he notes, did not shut down completely but “slowed down,” yet they are in their muscular yet statuesque top form in 2022. In this regard, they point to the resili