Marc Kreydenweiss - Kritt Pinot Blanc 2023

Druva

Pinot Blanc

Tasting note

From silt and quartz soils, the Kritt Pinot Blanc has a clear, ripe and slightly mineral aroma of ripe pears. Pure, fresh, elegant and salty on the palate this is a light, but still very young, white with peanut-skin flavors and a stunning salinity. It is not really complex but lean, elegant and currently more driven by the quartz structure and acidity than ripe fruit. The finish is really salty and still a bit grippy, so keep this wine for another two years. 

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The wine team - Marc Kreydenweiss

« Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss är en biodynamisk vingård i Alsace-regionen i Frankrike, med en systeregendom längre söderut i den östra änden av Languedoc. » Historia Familjen Kreydenweiss spårar sin vinproduktionshistoria i staden Andlau tillbaka till 1750-talet. År 1945 gifte sig Alfred Gressers dotter Denise med René Kreydenweiss. De tog över den väletablerade vingården Gresser och bytte namn till Kreydenweiss. Deras son Marc efterträdde dem 1971. Han började odla biodynamiskt 1989, en av de första vinmakarna...

 

Technical sheet Lead since 2009 by Marc's son Antoine Kreydenweiss, the 13-hectare domaine in Andlau (Bas-Rhin) is currently planting new blocks in the Grands Crus Kirchberg de Barr, Wiebelsberg, Kastelberg and Muenchberg with 10,000 vines per hectare that can only be cultivated by horse and should intensify the terroir expression of Antoine's wines that are already highly expressive in their mineral character. Kreydenweiss's 2015s are of great quality, especially the grands crus that belong to the most exciting wines produced in Alsace in that vintage. The crus ferment and age in foudres for one year and then for another year in stainless-steel tanks. The resulting 2015s – all rather low in sulfur (50-60 milligrams total) – combine purity and precision with tension and complexity in a distinctive way. Although Antoine's 2015's fermented very slowly and the malolactic fermentation was done earlier (in November) than the alcoholic, they are remarkably clear, precise, and, except for Gewurztraminer Kritt, Lerchenberg and the Wiebelsberg, dry.

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