2022 AOC Alsace - Blanc au Litre
2022 AOC Alsace - Blanc au Litre
A generosity of fruit and acid from the warmer 2022 vintage - an easeful wine well-suited to its larger format.
Cuvée: Tout Blanc au Litre
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Riesling (25%) Sylvaner (25) and Auxerrois (50%)
ABV: 12.5%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: A blend of Riesling, Sylvaner and Auxerrois grapes hand-harvested from different clay-limestone plots on the slopes of Mittelbergheim. Pressed gently and directly with a pneumatic press. Natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation. A light dose of sulphur during fermentation. Aged on lees for 8 months in vats. Bottled: April 2023
Sulphur: 13mg/l total - small dose added during fermentation
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.