The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vieil Armand or the Domaine Pierre Henri Ginglinger produce mainly wines white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller' are Riesling, Pinot gris and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller' often reveals types of flavors of citrus, petroleum or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, lychee or lemon.
In the mouth of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller' is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 8 estates and châteaux in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller', producing 18 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alsace Grand Cru 'Ollwiller' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food.
Of all the columns I’ve written this year, this one should have been the easiest to write: open my tasting notes file, sort by year 2021, sort by score, select the top ten highest scoring wines, copy and paste. Go to the pub. But it’s not that simple. Some wines are technically perfect and undeniably excellent, wines I respect greatly that deserve their high scores – but on a personal level, they leave me a little cold. Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for Matt Walls’ top ...
There’s a reason why heavily-applied perfume ranks highly on most wine lovers’ list of pet peeves. It overpowers your senses, conceals aromas and distorts your perception of a wine. In professional tastings and wine exams the wearing of perfume is banned, if not thoroughly frowned upon. You just don’t do it. What then, if we applied the same logic to music, controlling the sounds we hear, or don’t hear, while tasting wine? There’s no doubt that a chaotic environment can clog your synapses, makin ...
Total sales at the Hospices de Nuits-St-Georges 2022 auction reached €2.49m ($2.74m) from 109 ‘pièces‘ of wines from the Burgundy 2021 vintage, said organisers. Held on Sunday 20 March, sales rose by nearly 30% on last year’s auction, which hit €1.9m from 114 pièces of 2020-vintage wines. One pièce is equivalent to 288 bottles. Sales were €1.6m back in 2020, and this year’s record total is more evidence of Burgundy’s strong momentum on the fine wine market. It also suggests the annua ...
