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Alsace Terroirs White
Our Terroir Wines come from specific places, each providing particular complexity to the wines. Our ultimate goal in the vineyard, but also in the cellar, is to allow our wines to fully express these terroirs.
There also are Wines coming from the Grand Cru Kirchberg controlled appellation. Those vines require more than a decade to reach the deep mother rock and draw a minerality that will be revealed by wines.
Best consumed : 10 to 15 years
Sweetness :
1 : Dry wine
2 : Middle dry wine
3 : Middle sweet
4 : Sweet wine
5 : Liquor-like wine
Ribeauvillé Riesling
A.O.C (French quality wines)
Type : dry white wine
Sweetness : 1
Terroir :
Late parcels on south-east facing slopes. There is one small parcel in the lower part of the Osterberg Grand Cru, and two others close to the Kirchberg Grand Cru.
Comment :
This Ribeauvillé Riesling is more complex than our regular Riesling. It develops white flowers and pineaple touches on the nose. The mouth is crunchy and powerful but keep a nice balance and elegance thanks to this ripe aciditity coming from the terroir.
Food and wine pairing :
Preferably drunk between 8 and 10 ° C. Riesling is an excellent food wine. It has a natural affinity with fish in a cream sauce, traditional or fish sauerkraut, “Coq au Riesling”, and some soft cheeses.
Best consumed : within 4 to 6 years.
Hagel Riesling
A.O.C (French quality wines)
Type : dry white wine
Sweetness : 1
Terroir :
One of the rare Ribeauvillé parcel planted on a gneiss terroir (decaying rock, very old, close to granite in composition) whereas other Ribeauville terroirs are principally chalky-marl based. This vineyard is in terrace as the land is very steep and rocks are close to the surface. East/south-east exposure.
Comment :
This wine opens clear, fresh and fine on the nose with refreshing lemon and white flowers notes. The mouth is crystalline and delicate with lovely mineral notes and a chiseled acidity. This delicate Riesling has a tense, salty and lingering finish.
Food and wine pairing :
Preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. Beautifully matched with raw fish in citrus marinade, napolitan spaghetti (tomato and anchovies) or linguini alle vongole.
Best consumed : within 10 to 15 years
Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé Riesling
A.O.C (French quality wines)
Type : dry white wine
Sweetness : 1
Terroir :
Vineyard planted on the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru, a chalky-marl soil in plateau, therefore cooler. South exposure.
Comment :
Intense and complex wine with citrus fruits peels aromas (grapefruit, lemon) very specific to the terroir. The palate is ripe and powerful but straight and elegant thanks to a beautiful acidity. Noble bitterness coming from marls structuring mouth end. Long and persistent finale.
Food and wine pairing :
Preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. This wine is perfect with elaborated fish dishes such as fish baeckeoffe (creamy saffron sauce), fish sauerkraut (shallot and Riesling butter sauce), monkfish a l’armoricaine ( tomato and wine based sauce), fish filets with lobster sauce but also with some soft cheeses like St Marcellin or Pont l’Evêque.
Best consumed : within 15 to 20 years.
Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé Pinot Gris
A.O.C Alsace Grand Cru (French quality wines)
Type : dry white wine
Sweetness : 1
Terroir :
This vineyard is located on a marly-chalky-sandstone terroir, at the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru, which is the most windy, flat and late-ripening section. South exposure.
Comment :
This wine has the distinctive characteristic of having fermented in small oak barrels, giving a light woody aroma and flavour. The nose develops coconut, vanilia and white flowers touch. This is a extra dry and full-bodied wine, complex in flavours, with a long finish. Fresh acidity in the middle of the palate. This is a gastronomic wine.
Food and wine pairing :
Preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. Love at first taste with wild smoked salmon, giblets such as sweetbreads or mushroom puff pastries.
Best consumed : within 15 to 20 years.
Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé Gewurztraminer
A.O.C Alsace Grand Cru (French quality wines)
Type: middle sweet white wine
Sweetness : 3
Terroir :
Vineyard located on a marly-chalky-sandstone terroir, at the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru, which is the most windy, flat and late-ripening section which offer a powerful acidity to the wine.
Comment :
Exotic and floral, powerful nose with letchi and passion fruit aromas. Full-bodied and intense in the palate, freshness is kept thanks to a beautiful acidity. Acidity and flavour are long in the palate
Food and wine pairing :
Preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. Perfect with full-flavour dishes, exotic or spicy (tajine with fruits, sweet and sour chicken, caramel pork, chicken curry), strong cheese (Munster, Epoisse), medium-sweet dessert (flambée apple pie, exotic fruit sorbet).
Best consumed : within 15 to 20 years.