Winery AiméstentzRiesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Taste structure of the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' from the Winery Aiméstentz
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' of Winery Aiméstentz in the region of Alsace is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' of Winery Aiméstentz in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'
The Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' of Winery Aiméstentz matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of soft and inexpensive pasta gratin, cod and potato gratin or shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk.
Details and technical informations about Winery Aiméstentz's Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' from Winery Aiméstentz are 2007, 2015, 2013, 2011 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Aiméstentz
The Winery Aiméstentz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Sommerberg'
Grand Cru of Niedermorschwihr and Katzenthal in the Haut-Rhin (very steep south-facing slope up to 45°, altitude up to 400 m at the foot of the Trois-Épis, two-mica Turckheim granite, unique mineral granitic sands). Riesling is the signature white — intensely mineral and racy with notes of mint, verbena, citrus and aromatic herbs, taut aromatic complexity. Powerful and elegant, built for long ageing, characteristic freshness; benchmark Alsatian Riesling.
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.
The word of the wine: Casting
Preparatory phase of the wine-making process consisting in bursting the grapes in order to release the juice.
