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Hachette Wine Guide 2008

Riesling Clos Schild 2005 Grand Cru Pfingstberg

The estate covers a large area on the steep hillsides of Pfingstberg, including the Clos Schild, a genuine vineyard surrounded with dry-stone walls and planted with Riesling. A pale yellow with gold reflections, this 2005 has a blended nose of floral fragrances and elegant minerals. Initially fresh and lively, it reveals ripe orchard fruits until the final note which returns to the mineral edge. Perfect today, it can also be kept for up to ten years.

Gilbert & Gaillard Wine Guide 2008

Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg 2003

Pale gold robe. The nose reveals a very pure expression dominated by minerals. In the mouth, aromatic fullness and austerity blend admirably.

RVF Guide to the Best French Wines 2008

The work carried out on the vines is meticulous, the organic growth being rounded off with hand-picked grapes. The estate has the largest area of the Pfingstberg grand cru including the Clos Schild and regularly produces excellent wines that are well-balanced, with frank, clean aromas, and which are also great value for money.

The wines

• Riesling Clos Schild 2003
• Pinot Gris Grand Cru
	Pfingstberg 2002
• Riesling Grand Cru
	Pfingstberg 2004
• Pinot Gris VT 2002
• Gewurztraminer Cuvée
	Martine Albrecht 2004
• Pinot Gris Clos des Récollets 2002
• Riesling VT 2001
• Gewurztraminer Réserve 2005
• Riesling Réserve 2005
• Pinot Gris Cuvée Marie et Cécile 2004
• Auxerrois Balthazar A de Albrecht 2004
• Pinot Gris Réserve 2005
• Pinot Noir Weid 2004

Gault and Millau Wine 2008

Jean Albrecht meticulously works the vines to produces excellent wines. Remarkable quality with an imposing, aromatic and dense quality, without ever falling into the trap of exces or heavyweight. All wines are a tribute to top quality work.


	The wines • Auxerrois Cuvée A de Albrecht 2004 • Gewurztraminer Martine Albrecht 2004 • Gewurztraminer Pfingstberg Cuvée VT (Grand cru) 2004 • Pinot Gris Clos des Récollets 2002 • Pinot Gris Cuvée Marie et Cécile 2004 • Pinot Gris Pfingstberg (Grand cru) 2002 • Pinot Gris Pfingstberg (Grand cru) 2000 • Pinot Gris SGN (Grand cru)(Grand cru) 2001 • Riesling Clos Himmelreich Monopole du Domaine 2004 • Riesling Clos Schild Monopole Pfingstberg (Grand cru) 2003 • Riesling Vin de Paille (Paserillage) 1997 • Riesling VT 2001 • Pinot Noir Weid (Grand cru) 2004

The Big Guide to French Wines 2008

The range of wines from the vineyard stretches around the village of Orschwihr, a large part being of this grand cru and also Bollenberg.
Go for the remarkably fine Pfingstberg wines and don't miss the Pinot Noir Weid from Bollenberg.

• Grand Cru Pfingstberg Pinot Gris 2002
	Sweet white A rich pinot with a smokey nose, full and round in the mouth with a spicy end note.
• Grand Cru Pfingstberg Riesling 2005
	An open Riesling with a complex nose, very mineral in the fleshy mouth and a very light bitter end note.
• Clos des Récollets Pinot Gris 2002
	Coming from a walled vineyard located above Rouffach, this wine is concentrated with a very mineral demi-sec balance. The end notes are of dried fruits and forest undergrowth.
• Clos Himmelreich Riesling 2004
	Grown in a walled garden with chalky soil at the summit of Pfingstberg with one foot in the grand cru, this wine is still closed and compact, with a discreet nose and a dense, powerful, quite mineral nose.
• Clos Schild Riesling 2003
	At the heart of the Pfingstberg grand cru, the wine transcends the 2003 vintage with a discreetly smoked nose and a full mouth.


	9, Grand'rue • 68500 Orschwihr-France • Tel. +33 3 89 76 95 18 • Fax +33 3 89 76 20 22 lucien.albrecht@wanadoo.fr