Observer Dirler-Cade

THE OBSERVERMAGAZINE 1ST JULY 2012
DAVID WILLIAMS – WINES OF THE WEEK

David selected 3 wines in the Observermagazine, of which Vine Trail’s Muscat GC Saering from Domaine Dirler-Cadé wasone:

DomaineDirler-Cadé Muscat Grand Cru Saering, Alsace France 2008

(£17.20,
vinetrail.co.uk;) Domaine Dirler-Cadé fits withthe bucolic ideal of European wine production: it's a small family concernthat works the land biodynamically, creating wines with a real sense of place.The muscat grape here becomes a thrillingly complex white with notes oftarragon and lemon and a seam of taut, mineral acidity that is lovely nowbut will age for a decade or more.