Weinbach Winemaker`s dinner at Noma

At Weinbach Winemaker`s Dinner at Noma I have tasted 2 Grand Cru and few prestige cuvées.

Domaine Weinbach is in the heart of Alsace, Kaysersberg and run by 2 sisters Catherine and Laurence Faller and their mother Colette.


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What we had:

1st course
* 2008 Muscat Reserve
* Lobster and cucumber

2nd course
* 2008 Gewürtztraminer Réserve
* 2008 Gewürtztraminer Cuvée Théo
* Strong cheese with with celery, simply amazing...



3th course
* 2008 Riesling Reserve
* 2007 Riesling Cuvée Sainte Catherine
* Poached artichokes
* Warm mayonnaise and sea-buckthorn


4th course
* 2008 Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg St. Catherine
* 2007 Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg St. Catherine
* Quail, nuts and sea-buckthorn

5th course
* 2008 Pinot Gris Cuvée Sainte Catherine
* 2007 Pinot Gris Cuvée Laurence Altenbourg
* Selection of hard Nordic cheeses

The wines are intense but in the same time elegant, dry and very mineral... a perfect food friendly wines. Completely opposite of some Alsace wine houses where fruit sweetness is everything...

The wine star of the day:

2007 Riesling Grand Cru Schlossberg St. Catherine
Very complex nose. Rich and concentrated. In my opinion, this is one of the richest and finest of the Weinbach Domaine’s wines. (90 pts.)

As for Noma's food; it was not exact same experience as one I had in the restaurants, but it was still Noma quality and invention. You can read more about Noma here A total hedonistic experience and The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.