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This is the completely irresistible magic of the late harvested Fronholz-Gewurztraminer grapes. The exuberant nose of Ostertag's Gewurztraminer Fronholz Vendange Tardive, is delightfully spicy and floral with an abundance of notes of sage, quince jam, celeriac, overripe musk, melon and lychee on a buttery taste, leading to an unabashedly sweet finish. At least as flashy is that this wine also tastes extremely fresh and not sticky or sugary. A powerful dessert wine that can hardly be surpassed - certainly not with blue blue cheese or fois gras. An unprecedentedly beautiful dessert wine that has been completely organically grown by one of the most famous winemakers from Alsace. Like many of André Ostertag wines, the storage potential is enormous.

Founded in 1966 by Adolphe OSTERTAG near the picture of Epfig (30 km from Strasbourg north). Andre OSTERTAG, the current director of the domain, has brought the Ostertag wines to an unprecedented high level and has chosen to make uncompromising wines. Quality comes first. Almost naturally, André also works bio-dynamically. Only the best is good enough.

The 2010 harvest is just over now, and that vintage looks like none of the former 30 ones I have vinified so far. It's an old-fashioned vintage, I mean before global warming when we would harvest in October; a cool if not cold vintage, a bit like 1996 but, unlike some of the 1996's, with very ripe flavor profiles. 2010 also looks like 2008 with almost the same harvesting dates and ripeness levels, while acidity is higher for the same alcohol level. But the main feature of the 2010 vintage for now are the low yields due to a very bad flowering. In fact, flowering was disturbed by very cold weather causing background and "hens and chickens", especially on the Rieslings and Gewurztraminers! So we had to cut off loads of bunches and ended up with very little juice. 2010 will be engraved in the annals for its solid / liquid ratio, which is strongly in favor of skins and flesh at the expense of juice. The 2010s may then be well-structured wines with nice dry matter, indicating they may keep for a while.