Alsace Sylvaner
Sylvaner is remarkably fresh and light, with discreet fruitiness. Pleasant and thirst-quenching, it goes well with seafood, fish and cold meats.
Flavors
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Eye : its color is light with green reflections highlighting its bucolic and cheerful character. -
Nose : Sylvaner is discreet and airy. There are fruity and floral notes: citrus fruits, white flowers, freshly cut grass… -
Mouth : delicate, it highlights its beautiful freshness.
Food and wine pairings
Sylvaner is a wine that can be drunk easily as an aperitif, combined with an assortment of cold meats. It also goes well with iodized dishes such as shellfish, oysters and certain fish.
This flagship grape variety of the Alsatian region offers dry white wines which, thanks to their lightness and enthusiasm, highlight all the flavors of the dishes they accompany.
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Alsace Pinot Blanc
Tender, round and delicate, Pinot Blanc combines freshness and suppleness to represent a happy medium in the range of Alsace wines. It goes well with most dishes (seafood, country buffet, tartes flambées, etc.).
Flavors
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Eye : its color is pale yellow with some green reflections depending on the light. The wine is clear and brilliant.
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Nose : Pinot Blanc is distinguished by its freshness and its fruity notes which are subtly expressed with aromas of apple and peach, enhanced with floral nuances.
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Mouth : it expresses a balance between freshness and acidity. Pinot Blanc is appreciated for its tender and light side.
Food and wine pairings
Pinot Blanc falls between dry white wines such as Sylvaner and Riesling and sweeter, milder ones such as Gewurztraminer or Pinot Gris.
A supple and fresh wine, it goes naturally with good everyday dishes. It goes wonderfully with white meat, fish but also asparagus and fresh goat’s cheese.
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Alsace Riesling
Riesling, dry, distinguished and delicately fruity, offers a bouquet of great finesse with sometimes mineral or floral nuances. This gastronomic wine par excellence is incomparable with fish, shellfish, seafood, white meats and of course sauerkraut.
Flavors
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Eye : its color is pale yellow with green and shiny reflections, which testifies to its freshness.
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Nose : Riesling is distinguished by a fine bouquet combining fruity notes (lemon, lemongrass, grapefruit, peach, pear, stewed fruits, etc.) and floral notes (white flowers, linden, white nettle) all with a hint of anise, cumin , licorice and fennel seed. Unique, it develops its aromas depending on the soil on which it is planted.
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Mouth : a freshness and liveliness which can be appreciated from the beginning to the end of the tasting and more particularly in the mid-palate.
Food and wine pairings
Riesling is one of the very fresh dry white wines. Elegant, slightly fruity, they make gastronomic wines par excellence. Riesling goes well with typical Alsatian dishes, but also with fish and shellfish.
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Alsace Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris develops a characteristic opulence and flavor. Robust, round and long on the palate, it presents complex aromas of undergrowth, sometimes slightly smoky. It is excellent with foie gras, fish, game, white meats and offal.
Flavors
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Eye : Pinot Gris has a beautiful deep golden-yellow color, going as far as amber on certain wines.
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Nose : not very intense, it nevertheless has great aromatic complexity and develops smoky notes as well as delicious scents of dried fruits, apricot, honey, beeswax, gingerbread…
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Mouth : it shines with its balance and structuring freshness which tempers its power and roundness.
Food and wine pairings
Pinot Gris is an intermediate grape variety, located between Riesling and Gewurztraminer, neither too dry nor too sweet. It can be enjoyed on any occasion, as an aperitif, as well as an accompaniment to dishes with white meat, game and foie gras for the holidays.
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Alsace Gewurztraminer
The Gewurztraminer, full-bodied and structured, expresses rich aromas of flowers, fruits or spices.
Powerful and seductive, sometimes slightly soft, it is superb as an aperitif, with foie gras, exotic dishes, strong cheeses and of course desserts.
Flavors
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Eye : its color is intense yellow with golden reflections coming from the pink color of the grapes.
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Nose : Gewurztraminer concentrates an aromatic palette that is both rich and abundant. Its bouquet is powerful and complex with nuances of exotic fruits, citrus and spices.
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Mouth : this wine of character is a festival of aromas!
Food and wine pairings
Gewurztraminer is a grape variety often called “gewurz” and which is used to make powerful wines. This typical Alsace grape variety offers wines that pair perfectly with spicy and spicy dishes as well as full-bodied cheeses like Munster.
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Alsace Muscat
Muscat d’Alsace, with its inimitable fruitiness, is distinguished from southern sweet muscats by its dry character. It gives the delicious sensation of biting into fresh grapes and enhances aperitifs, receptions and goes perfectly with asparagus.
Flavors
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Eye : its color is light yellow with silver highlights, a symbol of its freshness.
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Nose : Muscat d’Alsace is the wine par excellence, dominated by its primary aromas. The smell of grapes is omnipresent, complemented by some floral notes.
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Mouth : this fragrant and spontaneous wine almost gives the impression of biting directly into the fruit!
Food and wine pairings
The Muscat d’Alsace grape variety offers fresh white wines perfect for an aperitif. It allows you to make dry wines, also appreciated as a starter, with vegetable recipes.
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is the only grape variety in Alsace to produce a red or rosé wine whose typical fruitiness evokes cherry or blackcurrant. It displays all its originality with grilled meats, red meats, cold meats, game and a cheese platter.
Flavors
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Eye : its color is light red, typical of Pinot Noirs from Alsace.
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Nose : aromas of red fruits are expressed with a predominance of cherry.
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Mouth : the tannins are melted and give way to notes of cherries, raspberries and blackberries.
Food and wine pairings
Pinot Noir goes well with red meats and game thanks to its refined character and firm tannins. It also goes well with grilled meat or fish.
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Crémant d’Alsace
Crémant d’Alsace comes from a Pinot Blanc or Auxerrois grape variety, but also from a Riesling or a Pinot Gris, or even a Chardonnay (a grape variety reserved exclusively in Alsace for the production of Crémant).
It is a sparkling wine whose bubbles release aromas of white fruits. We can also find notes of dried fruits and white flowers. It will enhance your receptions, receptions, aperitifs or desserts.
Crémant Rosé comes from a Pinot Noir grape variety whose aromas reveal notes of small red fruits. It charges the senses with the extreme finesse of its bubbles.
