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Un muscat d’Alsace bio et biodynamique, aérien et frais, issu de vieilles vignes plantées le jour où l’homme marcha pour la première fois sur la lune ! More info
Alsace Muscat Fronholz Ostertag (Domaine) serve at a temperature of 12°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Moules marinières, Poule au pot, Rillette de saumon.
Ce muscat alsacien Fronholz provient du domaine Ostertag. Le terroir y est composé de quartz, sables blancs et argile. L’exposition des vignes est sud-ouest, ce qui est rare en Alsace, permettant ainsi un soleil intense au couchant et une intensité lumineuse plus importante. Plantées en 1969, les vignes sont cultivées en bio et biodynamie (depuis 1998).
Après des vendanges manuelles, les grappes entières sont pressées et la fermentation dure en cuve inox. L’élevage sur lies dure jusqu’au printemps suivant.
Ce vin a un nez raffiné avec des notes de fleur d’oranger et bergamote. La bouche est longue et saline. En bref, un vin aérien pouvant se garder 5 à 10 ans.
Located in Epfig, in the Lower-Rhine, the Domaine Ostertag ("Easter Day") has raised itself to the top of the hierarchy of Alsace properties in just two generations. Adolphe Ostertag created the Domaine in 1966. His son André took over in 1980, helped by his sister Annie. There are 15 hectares of vines, consisting of a hundred plots spread over five different terroirs. André Ostertag is in the habit of talking of the 80 gardens that he tends.
Trained in Burgundy, André has made quality his priority. Controlled yields, careful management of the vines, meticulous vinification, and ageing partially in barrels (for the Pinot Gris). In 1997, he converted the vineyard to organic farming (with AB certification) and then to biodynamic methods (without certification). Riesling, of which André Ostertag is a big fan, accounts for nearly 50% of the property's vines. The other varieties, in decreasing proportions, are Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Sylvaner, Pinot Noir and Muscat. Different combinations of terroirs, grape varieties and levels of ripeness enable the Domaine to produce about twenty cuvées each year. André Ostertag classifies them in three main families: fruit wines (expressing the variety and grape flavours); stone wines (expressing the terroir); and vins de temps (which involve both meanings of the French word "temps" i.e. "weather" and "time", resulting in late ripening or noble rot).
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