Technical presentation
| Bottling : | September 1999 |
|---|---|
| Acquired alcohol : | 15.9° |
| Residual sugar : | 33.0 g/l |
| Total acidity : | 2.2 g/l H2SO4 / (3.4g/l Tartrique) |
| pH : | 4.2 |
| Yield : | 41 hl/ha |
| Grape variety : | Gewurztraminer |
| Terroir : | Grand Cru Hengst |
| Sweetness index : | 3 |
| Soil : | Calcareous Marl from the Oligocene period, South/South East facing, medium/steep slope |
Description of the wine Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Hengst 1998
Only the Hengst can produce a wine like this. Totally dominated by spicy flavours and under wood flavours. The palate is powerful; massive, but with little warmth due to the high alcohol. The long fermentation gave this wine lot of glycerol and structure. The vineyard dominates totally the wine.
The Hengst Grand Cru of Wintzenheim
The Hengst was first mentioned in the 9th century in an endowment of the Murbach Abbey. The lord of Haut Landsbourg as well as the bailiff of Kaysersberg shared the feudal rights up to the Great Revolution, whilst various noble families, abbeys and the bourgeoisie of Colmar exploited important parcels.