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Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine) 2018

  • White fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: White
  • Biodynamics
  • 13% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Crisp

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! More info

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.

Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine) serve at a temperature of 12°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Terrine de poisson, Rôti de veau aux pleurottes, Volaille de Bresse rôtie.

Peak: Drink until 2030

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • Lot presentation
    Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine)

    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.

    Information about domain 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: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 good appearance
    • Origin: Producer
    • Recoverable VAT: Yes
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Alsace
    • Appellation/Wine: Alsace
    • Producer/Owner: Marcel Deiss (Domaine)
    • Vintage: 2018
    • Color: White
    • Peak: Drink until 2030
    • Service temperature: 12°
    • Viticulture: Biodynamics 
    • Intensity: Crisp
    • Dominant aroma: White fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: Complantation de cépages traditionnels alsaciens (Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris,…)
    Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine)
    Alsace Engelgarten Marcel Deiss (Domaine)

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