Wine Wolfberger, Riesling "Eichberg" Alsace Grand Cru
Tasting Notes
Wine pure pale straw color.
The taste of wine is fresh, well-balanced, with citrus and pear tones, long pleasant aftertaste.
The aroma of wine notes of citrus - grapefruit and lemon - perfectly combined with hints of pear.
Great wine with seafood, smoked fish, fried fish, fish sauce, fried, stuffed, stewed or grilled poultry.
Interesting Facts
Riesling "Eichberg" Grand Cru - refined white semi-dry wine, whose name speaks for itself. Firstly, the wine producer - the company Wolfberger - has long been associated with the great wines of Alsace. Secondly, Riesling wine is grown in the famous Grand Cru Eichberg, Styria in the north-eastern France, located on the south line of Alsace, near Colmar. The slopes on which the vineyards of Eichberg, Styria at an altitude of between 220 and 340 meters above sea level, are considered in Alsace most "gentle" and dry. Here, little rainfall and a warm climate of the continental type. The mountains provide shelter from the prevailing westerly winds. Grand Cru soil composed mainly of sandstone, with a number of rocky limestone surface. On the lower slopes can be found granite and clay inclusions. Here are grown mainly from the Alsace varieties such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat. Harvest Riesling for "Eichberg" Grand Cru going entirely by hand with vines, which yield to maintain a high quality of grapes is limited to 8-10 per square meter.
The company "Wolfberger" was founded in 1902 when a group of winemakers Eguisheim merged to create one of the first wineries cooperatives Alsace. Today, the "Wolfberger" includes 800 families of Alsatian wine, each of which is brought to a common cause our experience, tradition and innovation. "Wolfberger" owns 144,052 hectares of vineyards, which are located in 18 Grand Cru (of 51 in Alsace Grand Cru). The company specializes in creating kremanov and still wines. Chief oenologist is the famous Stephen Grappa. In "Wolfberger" highly valued modern technology to preserve and increase the age-old traditions of the region and support the highest quality of wines. Among the latest innovations - machinery harvesting, a microprocessor-controlled, ultra-modern complex for the production of Crémant d'Alsace.