Grape Variety: Gewurtztraminer
Producer: Domaine Rietsch
Region: Mittelbergheim, Alsace, France
Certified Organic
Vegan friendly wine
Wild Scale: 4/5
Winemaking: An orange wine made with 9 days skin contact. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast and matured on lees for 7 months in barrel.
This Wine: A beautiful and precise expression of the Gewurtztraminer grape with all its classic lychee and rose flavours but much more texture and balance than most. Fermented to dry. Very unique and can't wait to see how it ages.
Notes on the Winemaker: Jean-Pierre Rietsch is a natural winemaker in the village of Mittelbergheim, Alsace. His estate has been in the family for seven generations but wasn't used for vine cultivation until the 1970s. All of Jean-Pierre's wines are in very high demand but we particularly love his skin-contact cuvees which is a winemaking method rarely seen in Alsace.