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Some vintages, when the Chardonnay grapes from the Clos Windsbuhl show excellent ripeness and perfect health,we decide to put a small amount aside from the middle part of the vineyard (the poorest and nicest) and vinify it in small barrels. This wine receives almost no sulfites (40ppm total after bottling), is never pumped (everything is done by gravity), never fined and never filtered (so expect some sediment). It is as close to natural as possible. The 2007 was made in 8 barriques which had already aged 2 to 4 wines in order to avoid too obvious wood character and too much oxidation. We do not believe so much in ‘bâtonnage’(lees steering) as it tends to over age the wines too quickly,but in compensation, we left this wine its entire life on the gross lees.the nose is already quite explosive. It shows lots of ripe fruits (apples, pears, peach) and the classic nutty/biscuit character typical of Chardonnay having had long lees contact. The palate is more revealing the Windsbuhl character today: perfectly dry, showing great acidity and nice salty minerals on the finish.Bottling date: 9/2008
Alcohol: 13.3° alc
Residual sweetness: 1.7 g/l
Yields: 35 hl/ha
Optimum drinking period: 2009/2019
Average age of the vines: 18 years; Terroir: Muschelkalk
calcareous (Jurassic) facing south.
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