2005 Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim Quintessence de Grains Nobles 375ml

“(bottled in September of ’06; this represents a heavily botrytized trie of Altenberg de Bergheim; 160 g/l r.s.) Palish yellow. Deep, brooding nose combines exotic orange oil, pineapple and rose oil; perfumed but quite fine. Then opulent and silky but almost magically fresh, with bracing acids underscoring the purity of the grapefruit, clove and nutmeg flavors. This seemed to grow thicker after a minute or two in the glass, with its explosive essence-of-fruit flavors complicated by saline soil character. Offers an uncommon balance of sheer thick material, great fruit intensity and vibrant (9 grams per liter) acidity. Deiss described it as a “TBA gold capsule.” This is hard to scrape off the palate.”