2016 | Valentin Zusslin | Pfingstberg Riesling

Description

White Wine: 2016 | Valentin Zusslin | Pfingstberg Riesling

The palate is fresh and expressive, with notes of apricots, flinty herbs and warm toast that linger in the finish.

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Producer: Valentin Zusslin

Vintage: 2016

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Riesling

Country/Region: France, Alsace

The palate is fresh and expressive, with notes of apricots, flinty herbs and warm toast that linger in the finish.

Producer Information

Marie Zusslin and her brother Jean-Paul are the 13th generation of their family to make wine in Orschwihr and tend Riesling vines in their terraced monopole lieu-dit vineyard, Clos Liebenberg. In addition to the sandstone-based clos, they farm two other hillside terroirs, Bollenberg (iron-rich clay and limestone with marine deposits) and Grand Cru Pfingstberg (clay and sandstone). Marie plows by horse—a Comtoise darling named Sesame—and has worked the whole of their parcels under biodynamic regimen since 1997 (certified ECOCERT, Demeter and Biodyvin). All harvest and cellar work is carried out manually, gently and by gravity. Whites are whole-cluster pressed and fermented using only indigenous yeasts. They’re then racked into the traditional Alsatian large, oval-shaped oak casks and are bottled after twelve to twenty-four months of aging, whenever the Zusslin’s deem them ready. No synthetic chemicals or treatments are used at any point in the growing cycle or during vinification, and a handful of cuvées are bottled without any added SO2. All of the wines are dry with the exception of late harvest (vendanges tardives) cuvées, made only in certain vintages. The way they see it: they get healthy grapes from terroirs rich in biodiversity, and those grapes express their complexities in the finished wine just fine on their own!