2022 Domaine Weinbach Riesling
Type of Wine | |
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Country | France |
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Winery | |
Vintage | 2022 |
Grape | |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (13.5%) |
Drink window | 2024 - 2038 |
Description
Elegant and feminine. Biological dynamic. The philosophy of Domaine Weinbach (family business of the Faller family) is to produce harmonious and elegant wines with intense fruitiness, which combine purity and purity with concentration and complexity. Pale-colored wine with a fantastic nose showing ripeness, richness and freshness, from apple beigné to subtle orange fresh. In the mouth it is delicately fresh, in addition to the lush fruity and so beautifully balanced by fresh acidity. Together with the lively mineral undertone, this gives this dry wine extra tension. Nice!
The grapes from the Clos des Capucins are picked by hand extremely selectively at optimal ripeness. In the vinification cellar, the bunches as a whole are pressed extremely carefully and a spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with wild (grape's own) yeasts takes place. Large old oak trees foeders. Bottling takes place after 8 months of maturation. This entire process takes place entirely according to strict biodynamic rules and regulations. .Delicious as an aperitif, oysters, lobster, sea fish such as sole and turbot, turkey and Bresse chicken with mushrooms, sushi and sashimi.
Specifications
Type of Wine | White |
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Country | France |
Region | Alsace |
Winery | Domaine Weinbach |
Grape | Riesling |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | Yes |
Vintage | 2022 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2038 |
Alcohol % | 13.5 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 92 |
James Suckling rating | 95 |
Tasting Profiles | Aromatic, Dry, Fresh, Fruity, Lightly sweet, Mineral, Tense, White fruit |
Drink moments | Borrelen, Met vrienden, Summer party, Terras, Voor alledag |
Wijnhuis
Domaine Weinbach, also known as Clos des Capucins, is not only one of the best Alsace domains, the refined and concentrated white wines are considered to be among the best in the world. The winery, which takes its name from the stream that flows through the vineyards on the spot, is located between the villages of Kaysersberg and Kientzheim and has a history that goes back a long way. In 860, the Abbey d'Etival obtained through a donation land that now belongs to the current vineyards of Domaine Weinbach.
A wall was built around a part of this plot in the early seventeenth century by Capuchin monks. This 5 hectare vineyard is the still existing Clos des Capucins. After the French Revolution, the vineyards and monastery were expropriated and sold by the state. Ultimately, it was the Faller brothers, two tanners from nearby Kaysersberg, who bought and refurbished the dilapidated abbey and its Clos des Capucins in 1898. Théo Faller continued the work of his father and uncle with great energy. He bought parts of surrounding Grand Cru vineyards such as Furstentumen, Schlossberg, Mambourg and Marckrain and brought the wines of Domaine Weinbach to an unprecedented level. With the third generation, the wines got even more refinement and depth, because from 1988 they first switched to organic viticulture and then in 2005 the choice was made to do the 28 hectares of vineyards and winemaking entirely according to biodynamic principles. The result is amazing; the white wines now have an unprecedented minerality, finesse and concentration. It is the result of natural preparations, acting according to the position of the moon and stars, drastic pruning at an early stage, hand picking grapes with optimal ripeness, with very low yields and preferably with the first effects of the noble rot and further a vinification with as little intervention as possible.