Weinbach Alsace La Colline du Château Pinot Noir 2021

Weinbach Alsace La Colline du Château Pinot Noir comes from terraced granite vines beside the Schlossberg Grand Cru, below the ruins of the Château de Kaysersberg.

Alsace has quietly become a serious source of Pinot Noir, and Domaine Weinbach at Kaysersberg is among the estates driving that shift. The cuvée is named for the cadastral title of its site, Au Château, a lieu-dit that lies a short walk from the western boundary of the Schlossberg Grand Cru; the château whose ruins overlook the town gives the vineyard its name. The vines were planted in the 1960s, before clonal selection took hold, and sit on steep terraces of granitic soil. Eddy Faller describes the granite as giving a more linear, smoky and mineral style than the rounder, more supple Altenbourg bottling raised on limestone. Fermentation included 20 per cent whole bunches, and the wine was then aged for two years in Burgundian barrels, of which 20 per cent were new. Production is very small.

It is drinkable now with a decant and should hold for eight to ten years; serve with duck, mushroom dishes or roast pork at 16-18°C.

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