Winery Jean SippOptimus No. 1
White wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Optimus No. 1 of Winery Jean Sipp in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of oaky, tropical or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Optimus No. 1
Pairings that work perfectly with Optimus No. 1
Original food and wine pairings with Optimus No. 1
The Optimus No. 1 of Winery Jean Sipp matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of skate wing with caper butter, quick paella or salted cake with bacon, comté and onion.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Sipp's Optimus No. 1.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Optimus No. 1 from Winery Jean Sipp are 2015, 2014, 2010, 2012
Informations about the Winery Jean Sipp
The Winery Jean Sipp is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in the of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Vintage (champagne)
It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.
