2018 JULIEN SCHAAL - Riesling - Alsace Grand Cru - Sommerberg

Lovely, intense minerally nose with complex lime fruit, a touch of honey and some spice. Rich but bone dry palate with lovely mineral extract and intensity. Quite tight with good acid structure; good potential for development.

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Viticulture

From a 45 years old vineyard, the Sommerberg is situated on a very steep slope (45°), face due south, and exceed 400 metres of elevation.

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Vinification

All the grappes comes exclusively from Alsace grand Cru classified vineyards. All picked by hand, the grappes are carefully sorted and gently goes to the pneumatic press. A long pressing of a minimum of 12 hours is necessary to extract the best juice possible without pushing to far.
 
After decantation at low temperature, the juice start a long alcoholic fermentation that can take up to 4 months.
No sulfure is added before the next spring and this to let the wine to open up as much as possible. The result is a wine with less sensitivity to oxydation and much more aromatic.
All our Riesling are dry.

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Recommendation

Sea fish in lemon sauce, scallops brochettes or grilled king prawns.