The Winery Achille Thirion of Alsace

Winery Achille Thirion
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 619 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace

The Winery Achille Thirion is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Achille Thirion wines

Looking for the best Winery Achille Thirion wines in Alsace among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Achille Thirion wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Achille Thirion wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Achille Thirion

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Achille Thirion

How Winery Achille Thirion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of andouillette and baked potato gratin, skate wing with shallots or spicy chicken and mustard pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Achille Thirion

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Achille Thirion. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Achille Thirion

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Achille Thirion.

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sylvaner
  • Muscat Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Capital of great French aromatic whites, most often dry and single-varietal. Straight, mineral Riesling (lemon, gunflint), opulent, exuberant Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), round, smoky Pinot Gris, floral, crisp Muscat, supple Pinot Blanc. Fine, fruity Crémants d'Alsace, exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. 15,500 ha at the foot of the Vosges on varied soils, 51 Grands Crus since 1975.

Quintessential gastronomic wines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Achille Thirion

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Achille Thirion

How Winery Achille Thirion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish and seafood gratin, pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets) or samossa (india).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Achille Thirion

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Achille Thirion. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Achille Thirion.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

The top red wines of Winery Achille Thirion

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Achille Thirion

How Winery Achille Thirion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of alsatian wine pie, duck with orange or north welsch.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Achille Thirion

On the nose the red wine of Winery Achille Thirion. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Achille Thirion. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Achille Thirion

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Achille Thirion.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Musty (taste of)

A disgusting taste due to a defect in the grapes or, more commonly, a defect in the barrel.

The top sweet wines of Winery Achille Thirion

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Achille Thirion

How Winery Achille Thirion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, hard-boiled eggs and gourmet muffins or chicken wrap.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Achille Thirion

  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Achille Thirion.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Round, supple whites with a soft palate, showing discreet aromas of apple, pear, fresh almond, white flowers and brioche notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. Star of Crémant d'Alsace (fine, taut sparkling) and base of Edelzwicker. Grown in Germany (Weissburgunder, Baden-Württemberg), northern Italy (Pinot Bianco, Alto Adige), Austria and Luxembourg. A white mutation of Pinot Noir.

The top pink wines of Winery Achille Thirion

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Achille Thirion

How Winery Achille Thirion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal cutlets with cream sauce, roast pork with mustard and honey or pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Achille Thirion.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Maturing (champagne)

After riddling, the bottles are stored on "point", upside down, with the neck of one bottle in the bottom of the other. The duration of this maturation is very important: in contact with the dead yeasts, the wine takes on subtle aromas and gains in roundness and fatness. A brut without year must remain at least 15 months in the cellar after bottling, a vintage 36 months.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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