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Wine Description
The Story
Grapes variety: Riesling
Vineyard: One wondelful parcel at the top of Rorschwihr (altitude 320 m), on dark chalky-clayed soils with Oligocene marly subsoil and hard-clay subsoil. Very important clay percentage (more then 40%), stony with good vineyard potential. South-east exposition and important slope. Well-known place since the XIV century.
Vineyard work : The exploitation is led according to the mode of the Organic Agriculture
controlled by contrôlé par ECOCERT.
Tasting :
Colour : Deep young yellow, with gold reflection, limpid.
Aromas : Intense nose, first notes very fruity (bush peach, pineapple and grapefruit), evolution on floral style, on buttered nuances, on hazelnut notes,...
Mouth taste : Attractive fresh first sensation, then fresh and fruity on notes of grapefruit and bush peach, very round and rich, bodied by its long ageing on lees, bitterness pointing out the grapefruit peel.
Serving:
Wine and food harmony : Will be able to emphasize dishes worked out containing fish and products of the sea : smoked salmon, smoked trout or with mint, mussels with white wine or stuffed, zander, langoustines with kari,...Very good with fresh entries : salads with goat's cheese and provencal vegetables, gazpacho, cold courgette, mint soup. It's also the perfect accompaniment to white meat, poultry,....
Service temperature : 10°
Ageing : 5 years. If you like Riesling with a marvellous minerality, you can wait 10 years with this wine.