Just about any French vineyard owner will talk terroir given the opportunity, but no one argues the case for terroir more passionately than Marcel Deiss. Should any readers be traveling to Alsace, Deiss is definitely a man worth visiting. All of his wines exhibit distinctive personalities. The 1993 Gewurztraminer Altenberg Vendange Tardive is even more awesomely endowed, with fabulous scents of honeyed grapefruits, oranges, lychee-nuts, and that unmistakable rose petal aroma. With a red wine, cherry-like fruitiness, this massive, deep, full-bodied, superbly concentrated, well-delineated wine is capable of 15+ years of cellaring. Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083