Alsace wines in the Flickinger Fine Wines inventory http://www.flickingerwines.com/wineregions/alsace.asp http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomMarcelDeiss.aspWS 86 (9/1998): Reserved for this variety, displaying good structure and concentration, moderate richness and dry, spicy flavors, with a hint of red grapefruit. Drink now through 1999.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomHugel.aspWS 86 (10/2006): Ripe, yet shows decent balance, with orange, lychee and apricot flavors spanning the loose-knit frame. It lingers, with acidity and citrus peel picking up the finish. Drink now. 2,300 cases made.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/BrunoHunold.aspWA 93 (9/2015): Very intense apple, tropical fruit as well as lemon and orange oil aromas raise from the glass of the straw-yellow colored 2005 Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg. Rich, concentrated, and firmly structured Riesling with power and complexity but also elegance. Very pure and mineral on the palate the massive 2005 is juicy and provided with a very good tannin structure whereas lemon and orange oil flavors along with some nicely bitter aromas dominate the persistent finish. 2005 was a good and warm but finally also fresh vintage, says Antoine Kreydenweiss remembering: "We harvested very quickly in-between of 14 days to get the right maturity.“VM 90+ (7/2007): Bright yellow. Deep, brooding aromas of lemon peel, clove and powdered stone; the only 2005 grand cru picked without at least some botrytis, says Kreydenweiss. Ripe but subdued, even austere, with a stony ripeness at the core and firm lemony acidity keeping the flavors under wraps. Much less expressive than the Weibelsberg today, but there are chewy depths here. This big wine is still an infant: I'd wait at least five years. Kreydenweiss told me that he often does not like this wine at the beginning, "as in 2000 and 1997."WS 78 (11/2007): Vanilla and nut notes accent cherry pit and cinnamon flavors. There's fresh acidity, but this is an unusual white, almost more like a fino Sherry than a Riesling. 275 cases made.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomMarcKreydenweiss.asphttp://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomTrimbach.aspWA 90 (6/2000): Domaine Weinbach's 1998 Riesling Vendanges Tardives' nose displays fresh lemony minerals. Medium-bodied, rich and creamy-textured, this is a soft, supple wine that exhibits plump candied citrus fruits and hints of minerals. While it lacks the focus and penetrating qualities of this estate's best VTs, it is opulent and immensely pleasurable. Drink it over the next 10 years.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomWeinbach.asphttp://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/DomWeinbach.asphttp://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/ZindHumbrecht.asphttp://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/ZindHumbrecht.aspWA 96 (6/1997): I tasted six dry Tokay-Pinot Gris offerings from Zind-Humbrecht and one Vendange Tardive. As the enthusiastic notes that follow reveal, it is a toss up as to whether Riesling or Pinot Gris was the more successful varietal in 1995. The slightly sweet 1995 Tokay-Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal reveals a honeyed botrytis character. The wine is massive, with full body, unreal extract and fruit, as well as exceptional purity and equilibrium. The extract levels of ZH's Pinot Gris are high, yet the harmony among the wines' elements is impeccable. This wine would do wonders with such duck or goose liver dishes as foie gras. It should drink well for two decades.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/ZindHumbrecht.aspWA 96 (6/1997): I tasted six dry Tokay-Pinot Gris offerings from Zind-Humbrecht and one Vendange Tardive. As the enthusiastic notes that follow reveal, it is a toss up as to whether Riesling or Pinot Gris was the more successful varietal in 1995. The slightly sweet 1995 Tokay-Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal reveals a honeyed botrytis character. The wine is massive, with full body, unreal extract and fruit, as well as exceptional purity and equilibrium. The extract levels of ZH's Pinot Gris are high, yet the harmony among the wines' elements is impeccable. This wine would do wonders with such duck or goose liver dishes as foie gras. It should drink well for two decades.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/ZindHumbrecht.aspWA 99 (6/1996): One of the greatest sweet white wines I have ever tasted is the 1993 Tokay-Pinot Gris Rangen Clos St.-Urbain. Made from yields of 5 hectoliters per hectare (about 200 bottles per acre), this wine possesses 13.5% alcohol and 11% residual sugar. If it doesn’t last 60 years, blame me! The orange/salmon color is followed by an amazingly rich, intense wine that tastes almost dry because of the high acidity. Like virtually everything produced at this domaine, it is a blockbuster tour de force in winemaking! WS 88 (10/1996): One of a kind. From the mahogany color to the thick texture, walnut, tea and dried pineapple flavors and spicy, Sherry finish, this tastes like no other Alsace white we've tried.http://www.flickingerwines.com/growers/ZindHumbrecht.asp