Gewurztraminer, Cuvée Laurence,

Pale straw. Lemon curd and vanilla bean on the nose. Enters fresh, then slightly heavy and chunky, offering medium-long flavors of ripe stone and tropical fruit. Finishes rich and juicy, displaying noteworthy creaminess and sweetness but not much definition. Much richer but also less fresh than the Cuvée Théo. I’m not sure this is well balanced enough for a long and graceful evolution in the bottle, despite numbers that say otherwise (27 g/L residual sugar and 5.2 g/L total acidity). Made from 30-year-old vines grown at the bottom of the Altenbourg on mainly marly-clay soils.