Top 100 sweet wines of Alsace Grand Cru

Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace Grand Cru as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Alsace Grand Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Alsace Grand Cru

Alsatian hierarchical summit: 51 classified lieux-dits over ~800 ha, ultra-varied terroirs (granite, schist, limestone, pink sandstone, marl). 4 noble grapes authorized. Signature Riesling chiseled and taut with signature notes of lemon, white peach, white flowers, stone fruits and a petrol mineral touch, long aging. Opulent Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), ample smoky Pinot Gris, dry aromatic Muscat.

Also exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and SGN.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Alsace Grand Cru

sweet wines from the region of Alsace Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of peasant minestrone, codfish aioli or delicious thai chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Alsace Grand Cru

On the nose in the region of Alsace Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of honey, minerality or mint. In the mouth in the region of Alsace Grand Cru is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

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