Tasting Notes, Reviews & Ratings

Domaine Paul Kubler Pinot Gris “K” Alsace 2005

ITEM # PKPGK05    

Varietal: 100% Pinot Gris

Viticulture & Vinification Notes: The 30 year old vines are grown in soil with alluvial deposits. Fruit is hand-selected. Of the juice, 33% is barrel aged in used French oak and 66% is aged in Alsatian foudres for 8-10 months.

Notes From The Winemaker: Eye: bright gold with green highlights. Nose: powerful and warm with spicy aromas and warm fruit compotes (litchi and peach). Palate: full and richly textured with layers of toasted bread and exotic fruit, lingered on a long velvety finish.        

  

Wine Advocate: The 2005 Pinot Gris K (“K” merely standing for the family name, although a Sylvaner from the Zinnkoepfle – which I unfortunately did not taste – is labeled “Z”) is another Kubler wine uncompromisingly dry (at three grams residual sugar), truly ripe in flavor, and yet moderate (at 13.8%) in alcohol. Peach and quince preserves with overtones of litchi and wood smoke in the nose lead to a rich yet pungently mineral as well as smoky palate, and a satisfyingly saline and smoky length.
After earning his oenology degree from Bordeaux, and a stage at Cloudy Bay, young Philippe Kluber – whom I did not have occasion to visit – took over at his family’s domaine beginning with the 2004 vintage. Based on the several samples that reached me while in Alsace from his second harvest, this is a vigneron to watch.

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