2022 - Demoiselle
2022 - Demoiselle
Long and spicy, smokey mineral layers unwinding around a lychee-yuzu core, incredibly dynamic and driving - no fat!
Cuvée: Demoiselle
Style: Still
Colour: Skin
Grapes/Blend: Gewurztraminer
ABV: 13%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Two-thirds of the Gewurztramier had a 19 day whole bunch maceration, then blended back with with one third of direct-pressed juice. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Micro-dose of sulphur during fermentation. 9 months on lees in stainless steel tanks. Bottled April 2023.
Sulphur: 15 mg/l total
Soil: Clay and limestone
Initially a mixed farm with crops including tobacco, the land has been in the family for seven generations. Jean-Pierre’s parents started cultivating vines in the 1970s, and passed it to Jean-Pierre in 1987. Organic farming with no use of chemicals. In the cellar, very little sulphur is used, and only when necessary. There is a precision and clarity to all the wines. Having become bored with making late-harvest wines with aromatic varieties; Jean-Pierre is one of few in his area to experiment with skin-contact wines and has gained a reputation for these.