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Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss ‘Stierkopf’ 2018

€26.30

Blended 50% Riesling and 50% Pinot Blanc from the hillside vineyard which has “complexity worthy of a Grand Cru”. The 40-year-old vines are on hard limestone alternates with sandstone layers, as well as mixtures of clay and sand. Mostly south-facing, bright and sunny.

It opens with a rocky, spicy note like crushed stone, ginger, pepper and juniper berry. Also floral aromas like rose petals, white flowers and sage are lingering. Expressive fruitiness on the palate, assertive minerality accompanies and gives energetic dimension. It gains in complexity and intensity as it airs. The finish is rich, round, and long. A strikingly beautiful wine!

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Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss

Antoine Kreydenweiss is the producer of many a staff favorite here at Chabrol-HQ, ever since he took over the Alsatian domain of his father Marc, a famous pioneer in biodynamic viticulture. From the sleepy village of Andlau Antoine operates this esteemed Domaine with terroir-diverse holdings in the surrounding hills, among which the three Grand Cru’s Kastelberg, Wiebelsberg, and Moenchberg. No fan of rich-but-electric, lip-smackingly salty white wines that wear terroir rather than variety on their sleave should miss these often very age-worthy wines.

The winery is located in Andlau, in Alsace, between Strasbourg and Colmar, in the area called Piemont des Vosges. Nestled at the bottom of the mountains, the vineyard has the benefice of a continental climate and the soils are based on a mosaic of terroirs which are completely different from each other in term of geology : pink sandstone (g.c. Wibelsberg), black slate (g.c. Kastelberg and blue slate (Clos du Val d’Eléon and Clos Rebberg) and marls and limestone (g.c. Moenchberg).

Marc Kreydenweiss transmitted his passion of the wine, terroirs and biodynamical to his children. Antoine Kreydenweiss took over the management of the vineyard in 2007 who is accompanied by his wife Charlotte, their daughters Zoe, Lilou and Leonie, the whole team and his horse.  Together they show the same passion : create wines with personality and reveal soul of each terroir.

The winery covers 13.5 hectares of vineyard, including 3 Grand Crus of Andlau: Wiebelsberg, Moenchberg and Kastelberg. A new grand cru is now part of the terroir diversity of the domaine: the Kirchberg in Barr.

The winemaking is based on natural methods, with the respect of the equilibrium of each wine. Every year, the production is about 120.000 bottles.

The notoriety of the winery is worldwide, from Japan, USA, Norway, throughout Europe and of course in France.

Each year the label is illustrated by a different artist, chosen by the winemaker.
By combining the creativity of the artist and the knowledge of the winemaker, each bottle becomes unique.

The biodynamical is applied since 1989 and is the main part of the activities.

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