Winery Claude MoritzRiesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
The Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg' of Winery Claude Moritz matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, papillotes of simple salmon steaks or daube niçoise.
Details and technical informations about Winery Claude Moritz's Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'.
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.
Informations about the Winery Claude Moritz
The Winery Claude Moritz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Moenchberg'
Alsace Grand Cru of Andlau and Eichhoffen in Bas-Rhin (11. 83 ha, 230–260 m, south to south-east exposure, deep marly-calcareous-sandstone soils and sandy-gravelly quaternary colluvium, sheltered early-ripening terroir, 700 mm rainfall). Riesling (62%) is the signature white — generous and concentrated with fine acidity, ripe citrus and depth. Pinot Gris (23%) ample, Gewurztraminer (15%) opulent.
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: Tears
Traces left by the wine on the sides of the glass when it is shaken or tilted.
