ALSACE

L'AOC Crémant d'Alsace couronne les vins d'Alsace effervescents, vifs et délicats, élaborés selon la méthode traditionnelle, principalement à partir du Pinot blanc, mais aussi du Pinot gris, du Pinot noir, du Riesling ou du Chardonnay. Ces vins sont aujourd'hui parmi les meilleurs Crémants de France.
Le Crémant rosé, plus rare, est issu du seul Pinot noir.

Higher in alcohol than the Riesling, better balanced, spicy and very aromatic, the Gewurztraminer is a wine that ages relmarkably well. Late harvesting, that is to say, the gathering of over ripe grapes, produces wines of astonishing fragance and unctuosity. Good soils : Bergheim, Turckheim, Sigolsheim, Wintzenheim, Barr...

A dry, fresh and fruity wine, with a musky taste, vey grapey.

Much fuller and more supple than the Sylvaner, delicate bouquet and rather well-balanced. Very refreshing when drunk cool.

Rather heavy, even thick wine, of a beautiful yellow color, as elegant as the Riesling and the Gewurztraminer, maybe even more powerful, heady and aromatic. Late haversting. Wines of excellent quality. The best come from Riesling and Cleebourg, Rouffach or Wintzenheim.

Rare Alsatian rosés from this famous Burgundy variety, characterized by a very pleasant fruitiness, demand to be tasted.

The Prince of Alsatian grapes. It produces dry, fruity and firm wines, with subtle bouquet-and the best of them are wines of great distinction. Riesling thrives near Turckheim, Dambach-la-Vieille, Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr, Kayersberg, Mittelwihr,and Guebwiller. Itis the last vine variety of the region to reach maturity.

Most are too neutral and light. The others are quite refreshing and fruity.