Item Number: 5990 UPC: None

Country: France
Region: Alsace Sub Region: Alsace
Appellation/AVA: Alsace AOC
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vineyard Designation: Pfleck
Vintage: 2004
Grape(s): 100% Pinot Gris
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13.5
Residual Sugar(g/L): 3.3
Total Acidity: 5.8
Viticulture: Certified Biodynamic
Soil Type: Oligocene silty limestone, deep and with few stones
Tasting Notes: Brilliant golden yellow robe. Discreet at first, light, wooded, toasted, with floral notes when given air. Superb, with a sweetish attack, mineral, balanced, sweet and almost salty with delicate acidity. Finishes drier with some bitterness. Fat, balanced wine. Dry with good concentration. Drink with well flavored fish such as pike-perch. “Shy but a long distance runner”.

Location: Pfleck is located in Wettolsheim. Second most important winemaking village in Alsace, Wettolsheim is 4 km from Colmar, right at the base of the foothills of the Vosges. This terroir basks in a warm, dry semi-continental climate which favors the perfect ripening of grapes. The Colmar region has the region's lowest rainfall, 500 mm of rain a year.

Age of Vines: 12 years