Leading with peppermint and roses, the 2004 Gewurztraminer Pfersigberg is opulent and glycerin-rich, infusing the palate with litchi, black tea, and rose petal. It finishes broadly, soothingly, with abundant rose perfume and mint largely supported by the wine’s sweetness. Most of these Barmes-Buecher 2004 vintage wines strike me as best drunk over the next several years.The affable Francois Barmes vocally advocates biodynamic viticulture and earlier harvesting to achieve balanced wines of juicy fruit and digestabilite. That said, more than a few of those I tasted were big-bodied to say the least, and certain of them could not handle their alcohol.Importer: Sussex Wine Merchants, Moorestown, NJ; tel. (856) 608 9644; also, a Thomas Calder Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011-33-1-46-45-15-29.