Colour: White
Style: Dry
Country: France
Wine region: Alsace
Grape variety: Riesling
Vintage: 2016
Unit Quantity: 750ml
Wine making:
The grapes are taken in small tubs to the presses, which are filled by gravity, without any pumping or other mechanical intervention.
After pressing, the must is decanted for a few hours, then fermented in temperature-controlled vats (at 18 to 24°C). The wine is racked just once, before natural clarification during the course of the winter. The following spring, the wine is lightly filtered just before bottling, and the bottles are then aged in our cellars until released for sale.
The whole production of this wine is closed with DIAM the cork without the risk of cork taint.
Description:
Nose: A pleasantly dense, young pale green colour with dominant hints of green and lighter hints of the pale yellow of lime trees in spring, a pleasantly lively and agreeable sheen, full smooth medium legs. The aroma is pleasant with a nice balance, fresh without arrogance, expressive and the subtly aromatic fruitiness of Granny Smith apples, lime, kiwi, spring flowers, hawthorn and a lightly mineral touch of the Riquewihr's marl and chalk soil.
Taste: On the palate this is a wonderful Riesling with everything it needs to impose the pedigree style of its grape varieties; strong and generous juicy flavour with an agreeable salinity.
The aftertaste is refined, refreshing flavoursome and long-lasting.
This is a fine example of a Riesling typical combination of soil-type and grape variety.
