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Rotenberg Cru d'Alsace "La Colline Rouge", Marcel Deiss - 2015

Name: Rotenberg Cru d'Alsace "La Colline Rouge", Marcel Deiss
Brand: Dom. Marcel Deiss
SKU: 44089
Price: 52.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 44089 750mL

Rothenberg is a magnificent vineyard planted on a southeast-facing slope filled with limestone yet red in color as iron dominates the soils. The residual sugar is perceptible but impeccably balanced on the palate and makes for an excellent foil at the table - especially with assertively dressed cuisine.

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Color

White

Vintage

2015

Country

France

Region

Alsace

Producer

Dom. Marcel Deiss

Grape Variety

Riesling

Pinot Gris

Production Methods

Organic

Certified Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard. Certified in the country of origin.

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About the Producer

Bergheim, Alsace, France Jean-Michel Deiss is among those wine producers not simply content to make great wines - he wants to make history. In alsace, where the dominant religion is the fruity expression of the grape variety, he is looking by any means necessary to exhalt the character of his beautiful terroirs around the medieval fortifications of Bergheim. In his wines, Jean-Michel goes back...

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Glossary

Alsace

Located on the eastern border of France, on the west bank of the Upper Rhine, adjacent to Germany and Switzerland, Alsace represents the intersection of two wholly different wine cultures that have given birth to a third. Once part of the Holy Roman Empire, Alsace was gradually put under French sovereignty during the 17th Century and eventually made one of the provinces of France. Yet, as evidenced by the persistece of a dialect of Upper German in the region even today, Alsace's ties to Germany...

Riesling

Though the trend is now in the other direction, for many years Riesling was known for producing wines with little alcohol and some residual sugar - too sweet for many modern wine drinkers. Though it's now cultivated worldwide, Riesling is nearly synonymous with German wine, and that country's winemakers have lately begun to produce some very exciting dry versions. They are careful to retain the delightful honeyed, flinty flavors that the best sweet Rieslings have always displayed. Alsace, of...

Pinot Gris

Pinot Grigio is an Italian synonym for the French Pinot Gris variety, but many more people have had Pinot Grigio than a Pinot Gris. At its most basic level, the grape produces varietals that are smooth and easy to drink, and perfect with a huge range of dishes that just beg to be paired with a fresh white wine. There is an entire spectrum of Pinot Gris/Grigio, however, the best of them being subtly aromatic and deeply colored, with formidable structures. Most of Italy's Pinot Grigio is grown in...