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Domaine Ostertag Pinot Blanc Barriques 2014
Domaine Ostertag Pinot Blanc Barriques 2014


 
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Bottle-size : 75 cl

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André Ostertag is clearly one of the most dynamic producers in Alsace today, and certainly one the highest rated. Where in many areas Alsace has fallen behind star producers in Germany and Austria, Ostertag is one that bucks this trend. This is a family-run property comprising 12 hectares spread over more than 75 small plots of vines within five villages: Epfig (55%); Nothalten (34%); Itterswiller (4%); Ribeauvillé (6%); and Albé (1%). André is passionate and free-thinking, and his wines reflect this. Biodynamism was extended to 100% of the domaine in 1998, precluding any use of herbicides, chemical fertilisers and insecticides. All viticultural work is done manually, including harvest. In the cellar, press cycles are long and gentle, fermentations are long and conducted without artificial yeasts, and wines are left on their lees. Barrels are used for Pinot Blanc, Gris (sometimes) and Pinot Noir. There is little or no filtration of any of the wines, which rank among the finest in all of Alsace today.

Ostertag's 2014 Pinot Blanc Barriques is a 50/50 assemblage of Pinot Blanc and richer Auxerrois. Of the 30 barriques in which the wine was aged, only one was new. The wine shows clear, rich and intense fruit aromas of ripe pears and melons, along with some caramel and floral flavors on the nose. Juicy, aromatic and very elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied but also pure and minerally structured wine with a good intensity, and a lingering salinity in the finish. Impressively complex though still very young. Wine Advocate 90

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