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Wine Information
VINES :
Terroir : Between Wintzenheim and Turckheim these flat alluvian deposits of the Fecht are rich in clay (22%). The soil is predominantly of sand, shingle, and silt with a high incidence of pebbles and frequent plates of loess. From this vineyard come wines which are soft and sensual.
Age of vines : 35 ans
Grape variety : GEWURZTRAMINER
THE WINE :
Sugar Level : 3 g / l
Alcohol level : 13 % / volume
Acidity level in tartaric acidity : 3.7 g / l (acidité tartrique )
Yields : 60 hl / ha
Name : Named after the famous sixteenth-century collection of poems, the Livret de Folastries, or "book of follies", by French poet Ronsard, this Gewürztraminer is as surprising as its name. Josmeyer vinifies it as a drier wine while retaining its classic varietal characteristics: lychee and spice, mild with notes of honeysuckle and deep minerality.
Vintage : Winter is really starting around the 15th of December with snow. The winter is present until early March with cold temperature ( -17°C early March ) and snow (mid of February). Spring starts on March 14th with temperatures which are going to 25°C but a humid weather follows immediately a too warm week. The flowering of the vine starts around the 6th of June and is finishing 2 weeks later under very hot weather conditions. After it, we forecast a smaller harvest in quantity; may be 15% less than in 2004. Even if the weather conditions are not exceptional the vines are suffering by water stress : the year 2005 was the hottest year after 2003. We begin harvest the 19th of September under a beautiful weather and finish the 25th of October. Wines from 2005 vintage are firm, elegant, very well balanced with a good body and structure and a ripe and fine acidity.
Vinification : The grapes were hand picked and whole-bunch pressed very slowly and gently in pneumatic presses over 5-8 hours to give a clean must and a beneficial amount of skin contact. Transferred to thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks the juice then began a natural fermentation using only its own natural yeast which lasted for one month. The fermentation was initially temperature controlled but was eventually allowed to proceed at its own pace to allow the wine to develop its own character and complexity. The wine stabilized in stainless steel tanks naturally during the winter season and, following a very gentle filtering, was bottled in March 2007 before the heat of summer to preserve the natural carbonic gas (a natural anti-oxidant). Malolactic fermentation is always avoided at Josmeyer and no chaptalization takes place.
Wine tasting : The wine with a floral and peppery nose offers a very pure mouth, dry and spicy. A dry elegant Gewurztraminer perfect to pair with a spicy cuisine.
Food pairings : tomatoes - fennel - smoked salmon - spicy cooking - exotic cooking - mild blue cheese
