Alsace, France, “produces an amazing array of wines,” said Dave McIntyre in The Washington Post. This small border region is the place to look for whites that pair well with cold-weather menus. Not only do they offer “impressive complexity”; they’re also drier and weightier than their German cousins.
2009 Willm Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg de Barr ($22). This “electrifying” wine is an “exceptional” value for a Grand Cru Riesling.
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Herrenweg ($27). Consider trying a Riesling “with some age on it”: This one is fleshing out “more into tree-fruit flavors than stony minerality.”
2010 Domaine Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvée Ste. Catherine ($50). A “luxurious” pinot gris. It suggests that any wine from Domaine Weinbach, a 400-year-old winery founded by Capuchin monks, is “worth the effort and expense.”
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