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Weinbach Alsace Altenbourg Pinot Noir 2022

$309.00
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Weinbach Alsace Altenbourg Pinot Noir 2022
Producer Domaine Weinbach
Region, Country Alsace, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 25362-750

Biodynamic. Eddy Faller explains that his Altenbourg Pinot Noir exhibits a velvetier structure than the Schlossberg-raised wines. To highlight each wine’s origins, the winemaking is almost identical, with a 10-day cold soak, followed by up to two weeks on skins, partial whole-bunch fermentation and extended aging in predominantly old oak. Plantings are 10,000 vines per hectare using mass selections from the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard. To recycle Pigott’s line for the 2020 release, ‘In a blind tasting you could easily mistake this for a top 1er Cru wine from Beaune in Burgundy!’

Weinbach Alsace Altenbourg Pinot Noir 2022

Reviews

“Dark and dense, with red beet and licorice aromas. Very compact and well structured, but this has a wonderful velvety texture and the power is still underplayed in spite of the wine’s imposing stature. Excellent freshness in the very long, quite firm finish. 50% whole clusters, then two years in barrels with 20% new oak. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.”
95 points, Stuart Pigott, jamessuckling.com

Reviews

“Dark and dense, with red beet and licorice aromas. Very compact and well structured, but this has a wonderful velvety texture and the power is still underplayed in spite of the wine’s imposing stature. Excellent freshness in the very long, quite firm finish. 50% whole clusters, then two years in barrels with 20% new oak. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.”
95 points, Stuart Pigott, jamessuckling.com

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