2022 - Quand Le Chat
2022 - Quand Le Chat
Balanced and direct Pinot Gris with great aromatic complexity. Deep 22!
From the marl-limestone soils of Mittelbergheim, including part of the Grand Cru Zotzenberg soil, as well as the calcareous-sandstone soil of Stierkopf in Mutzig.
Cuvée: Quand Le Chat
Style: Still
Colour: Skins
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Gris
ABV: 12.5%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Hand-harvested, a maceration of whole bunches fermented on their juice for 19 days. Natural fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Aged on the lees for 7 months in Alsace tuns. Bottled spring 2023.
Sulphur: 6mg/l total
Soil: Marl-limestone and Gres (calcareous sandstone)
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.