Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine) 2017
12.5%
1.5L
Intensity
A cuvée made from various traditional Alsace grape varieties grown in the same vineyard. This wine illustrates perfectly the domain's style - extremely pure, clean and fresh with a distinct minerality. A great success!
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Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine) 2017
The wine
Jean-Michel Deiss favours the ancestral method of mixed-variety planting – including Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris varieties – to create his exaltant symphonies in wine. The Engelgarten cuvée is an illustration of this technique, produced from mixed-plantation Alsatian grape varieties, grown in gravelly soil. The resulting wine is intensely aromatic, eminently drinkable and lends itself to various food pairings.
About the Producer Marcel Deiss
Jean-Michel Deiss, (the son of Marcel Deiss, who established the property in 1949) currently manages the 27 hectares of vines, which are planted on some of Alsace's finest terroirs, including the grand cru Altenburg de Bergheim. Jean-Michel Deiss grows his vines according to biodynamic principles, a philosophy that prohibits any form of chemical treatment and combines an understanding of cosmic rhythms with work on the soil and the vines. The objective? To encourage the vines to develop as deep a root system as possible in the subsoil, thereby giving full expression to the terroir. Despite being an acknowledged master of the art of making single varietal wines such as Pinot Gris and Riesling, this exceptional winegrower has waged a veritable campaign against the traditional Alsace approach of regarding the grape variety as the essence of the wine, and granting negligible importance to the terroir. Thus he has reintroduced ancestral practices such as mixed planting of all of the traditional varieties (Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris) on the same plot, with no sorting at the harvest. The terroir then comes to the forefront, free to fully express itself without the omnipresent constraint of a single variety. After years of campaigning, Jean-Michel Deiss finally succeeded in obtaining authorisation for the application of the terms "Grand Cru" and "Premier Cru" (previously reserved for traditional cuvées) to these "vins de terroir". The names of the grape varieties have not appeared on the labels since 2005. More information : Read the article about domain Marcel Deiss on the blog
Detailed characteristics
Quantity: 2 bottles
Level: 2 NormalObservation: 2 NormalOrigin: private individual
Type of cellar: specialised storage
Recoverable VAT: no
Original wooden case / Original case: no
French customs seal: yes
Alcohol percentage: 12.5 %
Region: Alsace
Appellation: Alsace
Owner: Marcel Deiss (Domaine)
Vintage: 2017
Colour: white
Peak drinking window: drink until 2029
Service temperature: 12°
Intensity: crisp
Leading aroma: white fruit
Tasting occasion: food-friendly wine