Riesling Grand Cru Brand 2024

Description of the wine Riesling Grand Cru Brand 2024

The Grand Cru Brand vineyard is in the village of Turckheim, at the end of the deep Munster valley, on a substrate of two-mica granite, or biotite granite on steep slopes. This type of granite is particularly interesting because the black micas can decompose into clay, and by migrating deep into the soil, they constitute a significant mineral reserve and considerably increase the soil's capacity to retain water, so precious in this terroir with its poor surface water content. Facing south, the Brand vineyard is an early-ripening and hot terroir (Brand means 'burning'). However, at nightfall, significant temperature inversion between the peaks and the Alsace valley floor causes cold air currents to sweep across this terroir. The temperature differences between day and night can be substantial. The Brand grapes in 2024 were harvested at peak ripeness, benefiting also from very old vines, and produced an intense, dry, and powerful wine.