New wines from JP Rietsch have just landed!
Visiting Jean-Pierre earlier this year, he'd told us that 2021 had been a year of extremes: an incredibly dry year, but also the most humid year in Mittelbergheim since 1900.
With humidity levels so high, mildew proved quite a struggle for them. Pinot Noir was hit the hardest, with Pinot Gris suffering also.
That said, the fruit that has survived in Mittelbergheim has been of brilliant quality, and the 2021's are particularly striking. We've just received a few cuvees from 2021, along with a handful of the singular 2019's.
Please let us know if you would like any, as quantities are very limited and we are trying to be as fair as possible in getting these out there!
Now Available
SPARKLING
2018/19 - Extra Brut - Non Dose - Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris
Blended wines of the 2018 and 2019 vintages sparked with the fermenting-must of 2020. Disgorged June 2022.
WHITE
NEW 2019 Vieille Vigne Sylvaner- Sylvaner
From vines over 40 years and upwards, picked from four clay-limestone parcels around Mittlebergheim, two of which are on the Grand Cru Zotzenberg- Mittelbergheim boasts the only Grand Cru Sylvaner in Alsace. Pressed directly and aged in barrels on the lees for 31 months. No added sulphur.
NEW 2019 Stein - Riesling
Stein, a south-facing parcel next to Jean Pierre's house is particular in that it has a specific 'oolitic' limestone that Riesling and Pinot Noir love. Pressed directly, aged on the lees for 31 months. No added sulphur.
NEW 2019 Grand Cru Zotzenberg - Riesling
For JP, Muscat is usually a fragile grape, but in 2021 it was surprisingly strong and resistant to mildew. 13 days of whole-bunch maceration, from two passes of his Muscat parcels. Any grapes that had suffered with mildew were pressed directly, settled and blended back in afterwards. Aged on the lees for seven months, no added sulphur.
SKINS
NEW 2021 - Murmure - Muscat
For JP, Muscat is usually a fragile grape, but in 2021 it was surprisingly strong and resistant to mildew. 13 days of whole-bunch maceration, from two passes of his Muscat parcels. Any grapes that had suffered with mildew were pressed directly, settled and blended back in afterwards. Aged on the lees for seven months, no added sulphur.
NEW 2021 Quand le Chat - Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris proved very tricky in 2021, but JP was still able to produce a little 'Chat. From two parcels, one over Gres near Stierkopf, another on clay limestone back home in Mittelbergheim. A 19 day infusion maceration of whole bunches and juice. Aged on the lees in barrels 7 months. No added sulphur.
NEW 2021 Demoiselle - Gewurztraminer
Gewurz grown on clay limestone in Mittelbergheim. Like most of the macerations this year, whole bunches have a 21 day maceration, and are blended back with about a third of the direct-press juice. Aged for 8 months on the lees in Alsace tuns. No added sulphur.
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