Beck-Hartweg "Granite Rouge" - 2023

Name: Beck-Hartweg "Granite Rouge"
Brand: Beck-Hartweg
SKU: 53335
Price: 31.42 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

750 mL

Item # 53335

A dry light red field blend of Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir, the grapes all share the same terroir. Harvested and pressed together, slowly, to best preserve the aromatics. Aged in used oak casks for 10 months before bottling. Pair with Zewelweï.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2023

Country

France

Region

Alsace

Producer

Beck-Hartweg

Grape Variety

Riesling

Pinot Gris

Pinot Noir

Staff Pick Notes

In today’s greed driven world, it’s refreshing to see a company like Beck Hartweg. They are simply happy people who enjoy tending to the land they are blessed with. Their main motivation is respect: for their land, for nature, for family, and tradition. Incredibly, they function with a staff of 5 family members (2 generations) and 1 close friend. Their farming is certified organic and nothing (not even a drop of sulfur) is added in the winemaking. They cultivate biodiversity around the vines. This caring mentality shows itself in their life breathing wines. This Pinot Noir shows cool reserved plum and red cherry fruit. There is a touch of pepper spice and dried herbs. There’s an underlying tannic structure and a little prick of residual gas. Will be a nice compliment to a hunk or Parmigiano Reggiano.

- CP

More About This Wine

Pinot Noir

The Burgundy region of northeastern France is the historic home of the Pinot Noir grape, and is the source of the world’s greatest examples. Here one finds renditions of Pinot Noir that deliver power with finesse and grace, wines that have unimaginable depth of flavor, yet are perfectly balanced and ephemeral in the mouth - in short, wines that deliver all that Pinot Noir has to offer. Terroir, the concept that wines from a specific region have unique and identifiable traits, is intricately...

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...

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