Cave de RibeauvilleAlsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mild and soft cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn
Pairings that work perfectly with Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn
Original food and wine pairings with Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn
The Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn of Cave de Ribeauville matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of skate wing with caper butter, pasta with broccoli or brownies with nuts.
Details and technical informations about Cave de Ribeauville's Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' Martin Zahn.
Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer
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.
Informations about the Cave de Ribeauville
The Cave de Ribeauville is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 204 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Altenberg de Bergheim'
Grand Cru of Bergheim in Haut-Rhin (full south-facing, warm and dry, iron-rich red argillo-calcareous soils on Jurassic limestone and Liassic marls, over-exposed microclimate). Riesling is the signature white (50-70%) complemented by Gewurztraminer (10-25%) and Pinot Gris (10-25%) — dense matter with concentrated ripe fruits, spices, and ferrous minerality. Ancestral co-planted blend authorized since 2005, a wine for aging.
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: Crémant
AOC sparkling wine made by traditional method, with specific constraints in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Die, Jura, Limoux and the Loire Valley, as well as in Luxembourg.
