The Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim of Alsace

Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim - Auxerrois
The winery offers 57 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 266 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace

The Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 57 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines

Looking for the best Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines in Alsace among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim 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 Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

How Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, hake fillet with curry or fillets of saint-pierre with cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

On the nose the white wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. often reveals types of flavors of honey, floral or baked apple and sometimes also flavors of straw, stone or green apple. In the mouth the white wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Sylvaner
  • Auxerrois

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

Almost all the wines produced in this region fall under one of these three appellations. Alsace Grand Cru wines are produced from one of the 51 privileged vineyards spread along the Length of the region. Alsace is the only French wine region to produce significant quantities of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These two grape varieties are more commonly associated with German wines and are reminiscent of Alsace's history.

The top sparkling wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

How Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of scallops with chorizo sauce, one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle or beet and goat aperitif verrines.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

On the nose the sparkling wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of quince, green apple or lemon. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

  • Pinot Blanc
  • Auxerrois
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top red wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

How Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, wild boar leg of 7 hours or kefta.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

In the mouth the red wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.

The top pink wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

How Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal escalope with lemon sauce, sauté of pork with cider or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top sweet wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

How Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of the garbure, tuna catalan style or caramel pork.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

On the nose the sweet wine of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim. often reveals types of flavors of lychee, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim

  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

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Planning a wine route in the of Alsace? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.

News about Cave Vinicole Les Faîtières - Orschwiller-Kintzheim and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Alsace Riesling must be ‘dry’, says wine body proposal

Starting with the 2021 vintage, non-late harvest Alsace Riesling must be ‘dry’, as defined by EU regulations, according to a proposed decree agreed by a two-thirds majority of the Alsace Winegrowers’ Association (AVA). Winemakers backed the plan at a vote in Colmar last week, although it requires approval from France’s appellation body, INAO. The move comes in addition to the introduction of a standardised way of communicating sweetness levels on Alsace AOC still wines. As per EU rul ...

The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.

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