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Barmes-Buecher Brightens a November Night at BeauneHead's

A wine list by STUART NIEMTZOW
Genevieve and Francois Barmes, of the terrific Alsace estate, Barmes-Buecher, were on the east coast most of last week. After retrieving them this Thursday evening at the station in Philadelphia after their day in New York, which included stops at Bouley, Nobu and Moore Brothers, we took them to our home, where 20 of our friends shared lots of their wines—and others’---and some chilli, coleslaw and cornbread, too.
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1998 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Rosenberg

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Honey, caramel nose; some petrol; long honeyedy finish with good balancing acidity; very dry. Probably at peak now.
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1996 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Gris Rosenberg Vendange Tardive (500 ml)

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Chestnuts, apricots; very complex nose. Delicious zippy fruit; creamy palette and long finish with apricot skins left on the tongue. Clearly some botrytis in this wine.
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1994 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Gris Rosenberg Vendange Tardive (500 ml)

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Pineapple; very sweet; zippy and long long finish with clear pinot gris character. (I purchased quite a few of these in the mid-1990s in New Jersey and consider this to be as good of a dessert wine as I’ve experienced; most SGNs are too much for me: costwise and tastewise.)
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1998 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Tokay Pinot Gris Rosenberg Vieilles Vignes

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Similar caramel hints on the nose; slightly off dry w/ wonderful balance and the smoky/flinty/bacony palette that pinot gris from Alsace conveys. Long, dry finish.
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1998 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Gewurztraminer Hengst Vendange Tardive

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Wonderful mandarin oranges and minerals, with hints of mint. Off-dry; not sweet. Hammered home on the finish by excellent balancing acidity. To this non-fan of gewurtzs, this wine is as good as gewurtz gets. I bought a bunch after a trip there in 1999 and have loved each... more
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1998 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Noir H Vieilles Vignes

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Fine black cherries and spice; would have been really good even for a Burgundy (Rovani once wrote that the Barmes pinot noir was as good as any in Alsace). Very long and ready to age another decade.
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1999 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Hengst

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Aromas of pine needles; fuller than the Steingrubler; more of the pine needle influence on the palate. Long finish. No question is a food wine.
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1999 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Steingrubler

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
The first vintage for their riesling from this vineyard; they also have gewurtz. Very elegant and minerally. Dry, but fruity; long, white grapefruit finish. Really terrific. (Serge Dubs, the sommelier at the L’Auberge de ... more
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2001 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Hengst

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Refined, restrained nose; wonderful palette in the mouth and excellent fruit/acid balance. Regal, with some sugar on the finish, but the acidity ultimately leaves a dry impression.
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2001 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Steingrubler

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Much more personable nose of grapefruit (pink) and mandarin oranges; very fruity but dry and good body. Palette coating finish. Years left in it.
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2001 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Noir H Vieilles Vignes

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Deeper and more black fruity nose; less spice and more oak and much less evolved; long fruity finish; ripe tannins evident. Really a few years from being ready to appreciate.
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2002 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Hengst

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Again pine needles and petrolly influences. Big wine; a little alcohol showing but excellent fruit, too. With food the slight heat showing would not be as evident.
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2002 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Pinot Blanc Rosenberg

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Exuberant white grapefruit and classy aromatic and flavor profile; plenty of acidity; very enjoyable and very versatile wine, with several years of life left in it. Yum.
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2004 Domaine Barmes-Buecher Riesling Steingrubler

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Tasting Date: 11/10/2007; Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Beautiful nose of mandarin oranges and pears (in a Burgundian sense: Puligny); slightly off-dry (which will become drier and drier with age). Delicious and zippy. Finish is long and dry and mouthcoating, too. A big wine, ... more
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