Alsace: Selection Grains Nobles 2000
Description
A delicious, golden hued, sweet Gewurztraminer, with fine honey and dried fruit aromas and a complex palate of figs, nuts and candied lemon peel.
(50cl bottle).
- Style: White Wine, Sweet (Moelleux), Medium-bodied
- Region: Alsace,
- Producer: Charles Schléret
- Vintage: 2000
- Grape variety (Cépage): Gewurztraminer
- Wine pairing - drink with: Blue Cheese, Hard Cheese, Fruit desserts
- Cellarage: It will age happily for 10+ years.
- Vinification: Hand harvested grapes, are picked as late as possible in order to maximise the enriching effects of Botrytis Cinerea (Noble Rot) they are then de-stemmed and pressed and vinified in enamel fermentation tanks prior to filtration and bottling.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 15%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Alsace: Sélection Grains Nobles 2000
Only produced in favourable vintages, Charles Schléret's small volumes of fabulous sweet, late-harvested wines are enriched by the drying effects of ‘Noble Rot’. The ‘Grains Nobles’ is an unctuous nectar that is best savoured as a post-prandial treat.