Pinot Gris Grand Cru Kitterlé 2006

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Technical details

Type of wine:

  • Dry
  • Medium dry
  • Mellow
  • Sweet
  • Alcohol: 13,09º
  • Resisdual sugar: 26,6 grs/l

Food & Wine Pairings

Great range of flavours. 10 years cellar keeping potential but already pleasant with dishes such as “bouchée à la reine” or calf sweetbread. 

History

Kitterle was first distinguished in 1699. In 1782 twelve « schatz » of vines revealed to belong exclusively to the Jesuits of Ensisheim. This hillside plot has been sold under its own name since 1830.

Location

This volcanic-sandstone plot is on unique site, on a steeply sloping rocky outcrop facing three ways (south-west, south and south-east). The light, sandy soil, which is retained by huge dry stones walls, only gives low yields.

Wine-making

The grapes are hand-picked and whole bunches are pressed. There is static settling of the lees. The wine is fermented in temperature controlled tuns, followed by raising on the less for 8 months.

Gastronomy

  • Ideal with foie gras
  • Fishes cooked in butter or cream
  • Spicy dishes
  • Poultry in sauce (great with porc)
  • Duck
  • Game
  • Cheeses
  • Desserts (avoid chocolate)
Serve at 12°C
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Tasting

The robe is a golden yellow with light green reflections of a beautiful intensity. The disk is bright, limpid and transparent. The wine shows youth and concentration.
The nose is marked, pleasant and distinguished with a good intensity and gives out a dominant of candied, over matured, fruity scents (quince, oven baked apple) and delicately floral, acacia. Airing enhances the whole and reveals delicate and slightly smoky hints of honey. A slight mushroomy character can be detected. The remarkably complex nose shows good typicity and perfect health.
The onset in the mouth is ample and marrowy. The alcoholic base is full-bodied. One evolves on a medium with a sharp and sparkling vivacity. The range of flavors is complex, candied and mixes white flesh fruits, quince apple, honey and delicate smoky hints, slightly liquorish.
The final offers a beautiful length, 7 caudalies and a vivacity that is both lengthy and marked.
Technical sheet elaborated by M. Pascal Leonetti
Best Sommelier of France 2006
Sommelier at l’Auberge de l’Ill (*** Michelin)

 

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