Marcel Deiss Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru
Marcel Deiss is one of Alsace's finest producers and this is the top wine in his collection. “The production of this wine is a milestone in my life as a wine-grower and marks a break with the variety-over-terroir dominance under which the Alsace region has suffered so greatly for the past 100 years” Jean-Michel Deiss. The style of production used in the creation of this wine aims to recreate that of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and up until the end of the 13th century making Alsace wine making an accumulation of experience built up over thousands of years. This wine contains all the traditional grape varieties of Alsace - even pink Chasselas!
Marcel Deiss is one of Alsace's finest producers and this is the top wine in his collection. “The production of this wine is a milestone in my life as a wine-grower and marks a break with the variety-over-terroir dominance under which the Alsace region has suffered so greatly for the past 100 years” Jean-Michel Deiss. The style of production used in the creation of this wine aims to recreate that of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and up until the end of the 13th century making Alsace wine making an accumulation of experience built up over thousands of years. This wine contains all the traditional grape varieties of Alsace - even pink Chasselas!
Fact Sheet | |
Fluid | 75 cl |
Grape Variety | Field blend of many traditional grape varieties of Alsace |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Style | Off-dry white wine |
Estate/Producer | Marcel Deiss |
Country | France |
Region/AOC | Alsace |
Vintage | 2009 |
Closure | Cork |
Food Matching | |
Food Matching | Fried foie gras, fruit-based desserts, chicken cooked in honey and lemon |
Awards and/or Press Quotes | |
Bettane & Desseauve Guide | 18/20 |
Revue du Vins de France | 18.5/20 |
Robert Parker 95 Points | 2008 Vintage: 'A multifaceted and seductive aromatic melange of musk, gardenia, heliotrope, marzipan, quince, preserves, citrus oils and herbal essences greets me from the glass Deiss 2008 Altenberg de Bergheim. The creamy richness of quince paste and marzipan backed by residual sugar and high-glycerin while accomplished by inner-mouth florality puts me somewhat in mind of a great Chenin. Confectionary and baroque, this nevertheless preserves a remarkable sense of levity, vivacity, and primary juiciness, so that its long strands of finishing flavour seem to undulate and vibrate in their kaleidoscopically complex interaction. This extraordinary testimony to its site and to the co-plantation that is Deiss's mantra ought to be worth following for the next 20-25 years.' |