2023 - Murmure
2023 - Murmure
Macerated Muscat announcing itself with a whisper (murmure) not a yell: stone-fruits, mandarin, jasmine, layered between a nimble, refreshing line of acidity.
Cuvée: Murmure
Style: Still
Colour: Skin
Grapes/Blend: Muscat
ABV: 11.2%
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Muscat can always be a fragile grape for Jean-Pierre but it has fared well in 2023. The harvest comes from 2 plots located on clay-limestone soils of Stein and marl-limestone soils of Grand Cru Zotzenberg. A 10-day whole-bunch maceration, gently pressed, natural fermentation using indigenous yeasts. Aged on lees for 8 months in stainless steel tanks. No added sulphur. Harvested September 13 2023, bottled April 2024.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay/marl-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.