Winery Terres d’étoilesAlsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Terres d’étoiles's Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker'.
Discover the grape variety: Jacquez
A natural French-American ternary hybrid that most certainly comes from an interspecific crossing between an unknown Vinifera with Vitis Aestivalis and Vitis Cinerea. The Jacquez was at the time the most multiplied in the World, present since always in the Portuguese island of Madeira. For a long time used as a direct producer, it was even used as a rootstock in the south of France, in the United States, in Mexico and in South Africa: some vines grafted on Jacquez still exist today. In France, it is one of the six hybrids prohibited since 1935 (included in European regulations): Clinton, Herbemont, Isabelle, Jacquez, Noah and Othello.
Informations about the Winery Terres d’étoiles
The Winery Terres d’étoiles is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker'
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' is located in the region of Alsace Grand Cru of Alsace of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sipp Mack or the Cave Vinicole de Hunawihr produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' are Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Alsace Grand Cru 'Rosacker' often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or stone fruit and sometimes also flavors of grass, jasmine or melon.
The wine region of Alsace
Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.
The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains
A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.
