2016 Pinot Gris Cuvée Sainte Catherine Domaine Weinbach

From one of the longtime pillars of the Vineyard Brands portfolio, the 2016 Pinot Gris Cuvée St. Catherine offers an off-dry, balanced, forward style to go with delicious notes of ripe pineapple, peach, and sugared mint. This beauty is going to shine on the dinner table, as well as be incredibly versatile.

Bright golden-tinged straw. Discreet aromas of pomaceous fruit; as it warms up in the glass, hints of caramel, truffle and spicy noble rot emerge. Bright and very juicy but also round. Apple and herbal flavors pick up spicy notes on the slightly bittersweet finish. Made from grapes grown in the Clos, a piece of the Schlossberg, and the young vines (now 10 years old) of the Marckrain Grand Cru. All these grapes were picked in mid-October. About 5-10% of the grapes were hit by noble rot. I think this is a little youthfully disjointed presently, but I'm not sure it will ever blossom into a truly great wine.

Juicy and expressive, with star fruit and white peach fruit, this creamy Pinot Gris is finely balanced and light- to medium-bodied, with zippy acidity running through to the lingering finish that echoes notes of slivered almond and minerally stone and spice. Drink now through 2028. 500 cases made.