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Winter 2010/2011 was one of the driest of recent years and the period March to May 2011 was extremely warm and dry. In Turckheim, there wasn’t one drop of rain in March. It wasn’t then a surprise to see many vineyards bud break at the end of March, almost a month earlier than a classic vintage. Some cold temperatures early April, with temperatures around 0°C, gave us sleepless nights as we were very close to a major catastrophe. Luckily, no vines suffered from spring frost.This Riesling always originates from our younger vines (10 to 15 years old) from the Herrenweg area and valley gravelly soils. In 2011, the harvest was quite generous, but the grapes showed ideal ripeness and beautiful colors. Despite a very early picking and totally healthy grapes, this is the wine in this range that fermented the slowest, however, due to the style of the vintage, it developed intense fruity character.2/2012: the nose is already classic Riesling in a very aromatic, fruity style. It isn’t the very mineral type of Riesling but more an easy to understand soft nose. The palate is medium long, showing a nice fresh sapid acidity and medium round finish. The sweetness is perhaps higher than expected, but it doesn’t really impact the style too much. Overall it is an excellent food wine.Bottling date: 3/2012
Alcohol: 12° alc
Residual sweetness: 12 g/l
4.1 g/l H2SO4
pH: 3.1
Yields: 79 hl/ha
Optimum drinking period: 2012-2016
Average age of the vines: 32 years; Terroir: gravely/silt on valley floor and calcareous hillsides
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