Muscat Goldert Grand Cru 2021

This grape variety is today quite rare in Alsace (less than 2%) and it will certainly remain like this as Muscat can be a difficult cultivar. It however found its home in this Grand Cru where it represents almost 40% of the surface of the Goldert. In 2020 we decided to pull out all our Gewurztraminer vineyard in the Goldert and they will be replanted in 2023 with Muscat d’Alsace. Unfortunately, Gewurztraminer in the Goldert needs to be at an almost late harvest ripeness to be fully ripe, and the current climate does not allow for much noble rot development. The Oolithic limestone facing east on a gentle slope is perfect for a slow ripeness of the grapes and keeps a good acidity.This wine ferments slowly and evolves like a Riesling wine. So achieving a dry wines requires a precision harvest and patience. The result is so interesting as the Goldert wines are fruit and mineral driven, especially if kept for a few years before being drunk