2021/22 AOC Cremant d'Alsace - Extra Brut - Non Dose
2021/22 AOC Cremant d'Alsace - Extra Brut - Non Dose
The latest edition of the crémant is made from juice of the 2021 harvest, to which juice from 2022 has been added as spark. Consistently one of our all-time favourite sparkling wines. Exotic fruit and citrus up front, with a lively and saline attack which opens and continues to develop.
Cuvée: Cremant d'Alsace - Extra Brut
Style: Sparkling
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Auxerrois, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris
ABV: 12%
Vintage: 2021/22
Winemaking: Hand-harvested from parcels on the clay-limestone terroir of Mittelbergheim. Whole-bunch pressed to tanks, for fermentation. After 12 months of ageing, the wine is bottled at the beginning of the next vintage, along with fresh-pressed juice from the new harvest as a leaven for the secondary fermentation in bottle. Zero dosage, disgorged to order in November 2023.
Sulphur: 13mg/l total
Soil: Clay 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.