Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé - 2018 - MAGNUM
Dry wine of great precision with exceptional tension. The attack is lively and frank, with citrus notes. A straight wine.
This Riesling Grand Cru is ideal at the beginning of a meal, with a shrimp salad with lemon, a carpaccio of scampi or slices of fresh salmon with ginger, noble fish or goat cheese such as crottin de Chavignol.
Comments from Pascal Leonetti, Best Sommelier of France 2006:
The robe is light golden yellow, of good intensity. The disk is brilliant, limpid, transparent. The wine has a youthful appearance.
The nose is frank, pleasant, of good intensity. We perceive a dominant of racy smells, citrus fruits, lemon as well as this superb mineral definition carried on the flint.
A great finesse, a well-structured body: the Riesling Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé has an elegant bouquet, which develops with time remarkable aromas, characteristic of marl and limestone soils.
The attack in the mouth is lively, ample and the minerality typical. A great wine, powerful, vibrant with a precise tension.
The balance of this wine is typical of the vintage: fresh, tense and incisive. Very nice definition of terroir.
A very promising wine to keep.
This Riesling Grand Cru is ideal at the beginning of a meal, with a shrimp salad with lemon, a carpaccio of scampi or slices of fresh salmon with ginger, noble fish or goat cheese such as crottin de Chavignol.
In conversion to organic farming since 2019. Always mindful of the environment, we work our soils in order to preserve biodiversity in our plots. Yields are controlled (40hl/ha) in order to have the pure expression of each of our terroirs. The harvest are exclusively manual.
The pressing is done in pneumatic presses gently from 3 to 5 hours. Fermentation in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks. Maturing on fine lees for 7 months.
Bottling after tangential filtration. Storage in bottles in our cellars.
| Capacity | 150cl |
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| Millésimes | 2016 : Exceptional vintage, small yields, long harvest period |
| Appellation | AOC Alsace Grands Crus |
| Grape variety | Riesling |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Conservation | More than 10 years |
| Operating temperature (mini) | 8°C |
| Operating temperature (maxi) | 10°C |
| Food pairing | This Riesling Grand Cru is ideal at the beginning of a meal, with a shrimp salad with lemon, a carpaccio of scampi or slices of fresh salmon with ginger, noble fish or goat cheese such as crottin de Chavignol. |
| Altitude | 270 to 350 m of altitude |
| Sol | Its substratum is made up of Triassic dolomitic marls and dolomites of the lower Muschelkalk, and upstream, of sandstone and gypsum marls of the middle Muschelkalk. The soils are clayey and generally very stony. |
| Terroir | It benefits from the protection of the Vosges Mountains, ensuring very low rainfall as well as cool night winds (Tahlwendala) coming out of the valley, resulting in cool summer night temperatures and allowing a long maturation. |
| Culture method | In conversion to organic farming since 2019. Always mindful of the environment, we work our soils in order to preserve biodiversity in our plots. Yields are controlled (40hl/ha) in order to have the pure expression of each of our terroirs. The harvest are exclusively manual. |
| Winemaking | The pressing is done in pneumatic presses gently from 3 to 5 hours. Fermentation in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks. Maturing on fine lees for 7 months. |
| Notes de dégustation | The robe is light golden yellow. Fine and fruity nose with an elegant bouquet, which develops with time remarkable aromas, characteristic of marl and limestone soils. The attack is lively and frank. A beautiful tension characterizes this lively and mineral dry wine with citrus and lemon notes. A great wine, frank and straightforward. |