2012 Tokay Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl

"The natural ripeness of the grapes made it impossible to avoid residual sweetness in 2012," says Olivier Humbrecht, who bottled the 2012 Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl with 13.1% alcohol and 36.5 grams of residual sugar in August 2013. From averaging 43-year-old vines on seashell limestone soils, this Windsbuhl shows a pale golden color and a deep, fresh, and complex though still discreet and mineral-flavored bouquet. Full and rich on the palate but salty, fresh and tension-full in the same moment, this very elegant, wide, and sweeping wine reveals a long and balanced finish with raspberry aromas in the aftertaste. This is surely a long-time runner for the next 20 years. Personally I like this pure and somewhat reduced style (as long as the tension is there), but I would be curious to see how this wine tastes after a day or a week from the open bottle.