Winery RiefleRiesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel)
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Taste structure of the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel) from the Winery Riefle
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel) of Winery Riefle in the region of Alsace is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel) of Winery Riefle in the region of Alsace often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or pear and sometimes also flavors of melon, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel)
Pairings that work perfectly with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel)
Original food and wine pairings with Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel)
The Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel) of Winery Riefle matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, fish balls or chicken wrap.
Details and technical informations about Winery Riefle's Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel).
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' (Bonheur Exceptionnel) from Winery Riefle are 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Riefle
The Winery Riefle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Steinert'
Grand Cru of Pfaffenheim in Haut-Rhin (~35 ha, highest altitude of Alsace Grands Crus, steep east-facing slope, dry porous oolitic Dogger limestone): Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Riesling signature whites — Riesling sparkling and saline, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer generous with very ripe white fruits and liquorice. Major age-worthy wines with full aromatic complexity after cellaring. Benedictine history from the 12th century.
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: Primeur (wine)
A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.
