2019 Gewürztraminer Les Treilles du Loup Domaine Weinbach

This is one of the world’s thirty or so best wine estates, all colours and nationalities included, so you just know they make wines that can rank with the best of the best. And so it would be far too easy to pick a super sweet but well-balanced SGN wine they make almost every year, but some of the entry-level wines are just as remarkable, such as for example their magically pretty Sylvaner and Muscat from the Clos des Capucins vineyard in front of the house. But for this year’s annual Top World Wines list 2021, I will pick their exceptionally good almost entry-level 2019 Gewurztraminer Les Treilles du Loup. Golden-tinged straw yellow colour, this absolutely beautiful Gewurz exudes very pure aromas and flavours of fresh citrus and tropical fruits perked up by floral, cumin, pepper and cinnamon notes. At once concentrated but nicely focused and juicy, there’s an almost Riesling-like minerality and freshness to its long finish. Gewurz does not get much better or refined than this, but then again I really believe this to be the single best estate in the world at producing Gewurztramienr wines, and have said and written so for many years now. Previously called the Cuvée Théo, this is a Gewurztraminer wine that will prove impossible not to adore, even for those who normally don’t care for it.