The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sipp Mack or the Cave Vinicole de Hunawihr produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' are Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or stone fruit and sometimes also flavors of grass, jasmine or melon.
In the mouth of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 21 estates and châteaux in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker', producing 36 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' 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 ...
Bordeaux 2021 en primeur releases really picked up speed this week, and the launch of Ausone, Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Canon, Montrose, Léoville Poyferré, Beychevelle and La Gaffelière in recent days – to name just a few – has given prospective buyers plenty to look at. Let’s not forget the debut for Lafite Rothschild 2021, too. Ausone, Canon and Pichon Comtesse 2021 Ausone is St-Emilion wine royalty, of course, and UK merchant Bordeaux Index quoted a release price of £6,000 (12x7 ...
There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...
