Bott-Geyl Tokay Pinot Gris Grand Cru Sonnenglanz 1999

Bott-Geyl Tokay Pinot Gris Grand Cru Sonnenglanz 1999: A lovely golden colour in the glass. On the nose, there are aromas of spice and pineapple. This is a ripe and fairly expressive nose. Nevertheless, the palate seems quite simple. Despite a luscious level of residual sugar, which gives an amazingly rich, hedonistic mouthfeel to the wine, there is little character to the wine at present. Just a subtle undercurrent of pineapple fruit and more spice, mirroring the nose. Great acidity though, and the upright structure makes this wine easy to drink despite the lack of interest. I would hope this latter problem would recede with the complexity that resuts from bottle age. 16+/20 (20/11/01)