Technical presentation
| Bottling : | February 2006 |
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| Acquired alcohol : | 14.4° |
| Residual sugar : | 9 g/l |
| Total acidity : | 6.4 g/l H2SO4 |
| pH : | 3.3 |
| Yield : | 59 hl/ha |
| Average age of vines : | 19 years |
| Sweetness index : | 2 |
| Soil : | Gravely soil , Muschelkalk calcareous, South East facing |
Description of the wine Pinot Gris 2004
In the past 15 years, the Domaine has remained at 40ha. We did sell/exchange/purchase about 5ha, in order to raise the quality of our vineyards. So, there is not such ‘generic’ vineyards left in our portfolio. If we want to make generic wines, we have to take it from better vineyards. This wines comes exclusively from the Heimbourg vineyard (half of it). The fermentation on this wine was very slow and it was the last wine racked in December 2005. Of course, it is easy to recognise the calcareous structure of this vineyard in this wine, but I felt that the ripeness and overall style of the wine do not represent well enough this vineyard. So we decided to sell it has our straight Pinot Gris.
Tasting notes
01/2006 : The grapes were partially botrytised, but unfortunately not enough to push the wine towards a late harvest has we were not able to keep the grapes on the vines any longer. This wine shows intense earthy, roasted, nutty flavours and some hint of botrytis. The palate is quite surprising, as the high alcohol and some sweetness is completely dominated today by the very strong acidity, typical of this vineyard.