From 20- to 40-year-old vines on the shell limestone soils of Münchweier (Ortenau/Baden), the 2014 Grauburgunder Landwein Oberrhein has a brazen/copper color and displays promising, well concentrated fruit with floral, green tea, mineral and lime rind flavors. The palate of this light to medium-bodied 11.2% alcohol wine is characterized by a round, fruity, chalky, well balanced and quite juicy texture; it is well structured with a chalky-mineral finish. This Pinot Gris was picked one month earlier than the 2013 Burgunder Weiss & Grau, kept on the skins for three or four days, and fermented and aged in used French barriques -- until the unfiltered and low-sulfured bottling in September 2015. Very elegant and tender on the palate.