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Region: Alsace
Grapes: Pinot Noir
First Glance: Dark Fruited, Spicy, Concentrated, Long
Acclaim: 95pts
The Wine:
Biodynamic. Eddy Faller explains that his Altenbourg Pinot Noir exhibits a more velvety structure than the Schlossberg-raised wine (below). To highlight each wine’s origins, the winemaking is almost identical, with a 10-day cold soak, followed by up to two weeks on skins, partial whole-bunch fermentation and extended aging in predominantly old oak. Plantings are 10,000 vines per hectare using mass selections from the Clos des Epeneaux in Pommard. To recycle Pigott’s line for the 2020 release, ‘In a blind tasting you could easily mistake this for a top 1er Cru wine from Beaune in Burgundy!’
The Review:
Stuart Pigott, jamessuckling.com - 95pts
"Dark nose of black cherries, wild blackberries and licorice with a whiff of smoke. An understated medium-bodied pinot noir, but with tremendous concentration and very fine tannins. Then comes the long, lacy finish that you don’t want to leave behind"
