Technical presentation
| Bottling : | September 2003 |
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| Acquired alcohol : | 13.7° |
| Residual sugar : | 50.0 g/l |
| Total acidity : | 3.9 g/l H2SO4 |
| pH : | 3.6 |
| Yield : | 22 hl/ha |
| Average age of vines : | 16 years |
| Terroir : | Heimbourg |
| Sweetness index : | 4 |
| Soil : | Marl-Oligocene calcareous, West North West facing |
Description of the wine Pinot Gris Heimbourg 2001
We chose to plant the pinot-gris on the highest and west facing part of the Heimbourg, because it is the place where the soils are the poorest and most rocky, with little marls. This is certainly also the reason why we have every year such small yields in this vineyard. The less precocious climate (similar to the Rotenberg) is not an handicap. The grapes ripen slower and more regularly with good acidity balance. The 2001 crop is very ripe with little botrytis.
Tasting notes
01/2003 : This wine just finished its fermentation at this date and will be bottled only in september 2003. Strongly influenced on the nose with yeast aromas, it still shows lots of fruity flavours (white fruits, peach, bee wax…) and very fine on the palate. The residual sweetness is obvious in the wine, but the finish is balanced and elegant. Very complex wine, certainly easier to describe later in the year.
The Heimbourg of Turckheim
The wines produced on the Heimbourg are rich, opulent, often spicy and can include noble rot. The slower ripening of the grapes often produces wines that are aromatically expressive from a young age, contrary to its neighbour the Clos Jebsal with whom we have to show patience.