Andrew Jefford | Mid-gold; bright. Cream, ginger, tangerine, gathered barley, and then a little quiet gardenia richness behind—intriguing, if not wholly enchanting, as some of its peers are. Very rich on the palate, concentrated, too, tangy and long, and exotic in style, suggesting Japanese mushrooms and salted cream and strange hothouse blooms... I’m enjoying it enormously and I’d love to drink a bottle, but it is definitely a wine for looking at in attentive isolation since the sweetness (being less supported by fruit than for some of its peers) is striking. I think Gewurz is so extraordinary that one ought to let it just be however it wants to be. A fascinating outlier. | 91

Charles Metcalfe | Tight, quite lean, and at the same time exotic. Needs time. This is coiled and waiting, but with good elements and intensity. Acidity balances the other components well, and there’s an underlying litchi and barley-sugar flavor, but this has not yet reached its moment. | 90

Jancis Robinson | Deep gold. Rather simple nose. Lots of sweetness on the palate. Light fruit intensity. Just a medium-sweet white really, rather than a fine expression of Gewurz. Drink 2017–20. | 87