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Albert Mann Riesling Furstentum Grand Cru 2020

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To be able to supply such a unique & extensive range of boutique wines, we don't hold much of the inventory. So with us, there is the added step of receiving the wine from our local suppliers before it is dispatched to you. Most orders are dispatched within 3-6 working days.

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Description

The Furstentum vineyard is nestled in the wind-protected valley of Kaysersberg and Sigolsheim. It is a 30.5 hectare south-southwest site with brown calcareous skeletal soil, a limestone-marl-sandstone terroir from the Middle Jurassic, covered on the surface with Tertiary conglomerates. The slope is very steep at 37 %. The vineyard was already mentioned in 1330 in the inventory for wines of a Basel monastery. The vines are about 30 years old.

Color
medium straw yellow

Nose
The 2020 Riesling Grand Cru Furstentum is so intense, so powerful and at the same time so clear and precise, as one is used to from the site, but also from the winemaker. At the same time, 2020 is certainly a particularly fine, delicate and harmonious vintage, which expresses itself in bell-clear citrus and orange fruit, fresh stone fruit, grapes and hints of petrol, stone and petrichor.

Palate
On the palate the Furstentum full and intense, silky and creamy, lively as well as salty, offering a fine grip on the palate. Indeed, with its tightly woven acid structure and saline components, bright stone and stone fruit, and the juice and tangy zest of limequats, the wine seems as complex as the terroir from which it comes. It is a highly complex grand cruwhich is only just beginning to grow, but is already a joy to behold if you give it a few hours of air.

Type White Wine
Varietal(s) Riesling
Country France
Region Alsace
Brand Albert Mann
Vintage 2020

Alsatian wine

Alsace is a unique wine region in North Eastern France, bordering Germany and having also been under German control for much of its existence. Due to this influence, unlike other French regions, wines from Alsace are mostly single varietal bottlings and are also labelled with the variety. They also are legally required to use a tall slimmer bottle called flûtes d'Alsace, that is also commonly seen with German wines.

Almost all the wine produced in the region is white (90%) except for Pinot Noir which is used mainly for sparkling wine. Alsace is most known for its Riesling, which is dry, fresh and floral in its youth but develops complex mineral and flint character with age. Following behind is Gewurztraminer with signature spice and beautiful lychee aromatics. The smell of this wine is intoxicating, it is used to make dry but also late harvest dessert wines. Pinot Gris is also a prized variety of the region with its combination of crisp acidity and savory spice as well as ripe stone fruit flavours.

In Autumn humidity builds up to facilitate the development of “noble rot” to produce late-picked sweet wines. In Alsace there are two classifications for late harvest wines: Vendange Tardive (VT) and Sélection de Grains Nobles (SGN). VT for regular late harvest wines and SGN meaning grapes affected by noble rot.

Other varieties grown here include Pinot Blanc, Muscat, Auxerrois, Chasselas and Sylvaner.

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Albert Mann

Albert Mann Riesling Furstentum Grand Cru 2020

$185.98

The Furstentum vineyard is nestled in the wind-protected valley of Kaysersberg and Sigolsheim. It is a 30.5 hectare south-southwest site with brown calcareous skeletal soil, a limestone-marl-sandstone terroir from the Middle Jurassic, covered on the surface with Tertiary conglomerates. The slope is very steep at 37 %. The vineyard was already mentioned in 1330 in the inventory for wines of a Basel monastery. The vines are about 30 years old.

Color
medium straw yellow

Nose
The 2020 Riesling Grand Cru Furstentum is so intense, so powerful and at the same time so clear and precise, as one is used to from the site, but also from the winemaker. At the same time, 2020 is certainly a particularly fine, delicate and harmonious vintage, which expresses itself in bell-clear citrus and orange fruit, fresh stone fruit, grapes and hints of petrol, stone and petrichor.

Palate
On the palate the Furstentum full and intense, silky and creamy, lively as well as salty, offering a fine grip on the palate. Indeed, with its tightly woven acid structure and saline components, bright stone and stone fruit, and the juice and tangy zest of limequats, the wine seems as complex as the terroir from which it comes. It is a highly complex grand cruwhich is only just beginning to grow, but is already a joy to behold if you give it a few hours of air.

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  • Vintage Vigilant

    We aim to have all wines be vintage specific. In the case the listed vintage is out of stock and you note you would like that particular vintage, we will inform you via email for approval to go ahead.

  • Delivery Times

    To be able to supply such a unique & extensive range of boutique wines, we don't hold much of the inventory. So with us, there is the added step of receiving the wine from our local suppliers before it is dispatched to you. Most orders are dispatched within 3-6 working days.

  • Quality Guarantee

    Replacement or refund offered if bottles are faulty or damaged. All our deliveries are insured against loss, however you must notify us in a reasonable amount of time.

  • Sending a Gift

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