Domaine Ostertag - Gewurtztraminer Fronholz Selection de Grains Nobles 2018 (375ml)
Price: $149.99
| Producer | Domaine Ostertag |
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Varietal | Gewurztraminer |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 65411 |
| Size | 375ml |
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Domaine Ostertag Description
To call André Ostertag a revolutionary winemaker is to tell just half the story. He is a pioneer, certainly, but also an ardent environmentalist (as demonstrated in both his wine and his sculpture, another passion). After training in Burgundy, André returned to the family domaine in Alsace with renewed zeal: he lowered yields considerably and introduced viticultural and vinification techniques from other regions to his own home ground. The 1996 vintage marked his first collaboration with KLWM, and the following year he brought biodynamic viticulture to his fourteen hectares of vineyards, including his flagship parcel in the Muenchberg Grand Cru.
There is poetry to Ostertag’s practices. He looks for the nuance of terroir rather than the typicity of a grape varietal. He ferments the majority of his wines completely dry, so their versatility at the table surpasses that of many other wines from the region. He rejects formulaic, scientifically engineered wines, and since going biodynamic in 1997, has been an active member of the natural farming community.
The Fronholz Vineyard:
Located on the top and the southwest slopes of the hill of Epfig, the Fronholz vineyard gives wines with marked minerality, firm acidity, and elegant aromas that can be rather discreet in their youth. The estate’s four hectares are divided among Riesling (1 ha), Muscat (0.3 ha), Pinot Noir (0.3 ha), Pinot Gris (0.75 ha), Gewurztraminer (1.3 ha), and Sylvaner (0.35 ha).
