The Château d'Orschwihr is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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How Château d'Orschwihr wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish and shrimp curry, broccoli gratin or pretzels (alsace).
On the nose the sparkling wine of Château d'Orschwihr. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, apples or lemon and sometimes also flavors of pear, toasty or yeast. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Château d'Orschwihr. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
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.
How Château d'Orschwihr wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of roast pork with mustard and honey, smoked salmon pasta gratin or chicken with maroilles.
On the nose the white wine of Château d'Orschwihr. often reveals types of flavors of honey, lychee or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or grapefruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château d'Orschwihr. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.
How Château d'Orschwihr wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, raw salmon marinade with vinegars or kimo (malagasy dish with beef).
All the treatments intended for the good conservation of wines.
How Château d'Orschwihr wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of gizzards in sauce, provençal tart with rabbit or veal head with vinaigrette.
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.
How Château d'Orschwihr wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork orloff, skate wing with shallots or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.
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Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.
