2022 AOC Alsace - Pinot Noir
2022 AOC Alsace - Pinot Noir
Despite a scorching year, the 2022 reds remain buoyant and energetic, with a luminosity that belies such a warm vintage. Heady & lifted with JP's trademark acidity (thanks in no small part to late-summer rains prior to harvest) they manage to represent the best of both worlds: sun-kissed and fresh.
Cuvée: Pinot Noir
Style: Still
Colour: Red
Grapes/Blend: Pinot Noir
ABV: 12.2%
Vintage: 2022
Winemaking: Hand-harvested from plots scattered through Mittelbergheim, macerated as whole bunches for 15 days, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged in stainless steel tank for 8 months. Micro-dose of sulphur during fermentation. Bottled April 2023.
Sulphur: 14 mg/l total
Soil: Clay and limestone
Initially a mixed farm with crops including tobacco, the land has been in the family for seven generations. Jean-Pierre’s parents started cultivating vines in the 1970s, and passed it to Jean-Pierre in 1987. Organic farming with no use of chemicals. In the cellar, very little sulphur is used, and only when necessary. There is a precision and clarity to all the wines. Having become bored with making late-harvest wines with aromatic varieties; Jean-Pierre is one of few in his area to experiment with skin-contact wines and has gained a reputation for these.