France, Cremant d´Alsace
Description
This Crémant d’Alsace ORGANIC shows a light gold colour with a fine stream of bubbles rising in the glass. The nose of the Alsace Crémant Brut Biologique Jean GEILER reveals a delicate bouquet of fresh fruits, apple and white flowers aromas. In mouth it is a fresh, well structured and elegant sparkling wine. Perfect on its own as an apéritif. It pairs well with fish dishes oysters or shellfish as well as with sushi, maki or desserts.
Certificates
Analytical data
brut
Vinification
HARVEST AND METHOD OF ELABORATION : The harvest /crop for the Crémant d’Alsace ORGANIC BIO starts usually begining of september. Our winemaker controls the maturity in the selected plots. Grapes are exclusively picked by hand within a limit of less than 100kg per container. Bunches are put intact in the pneumatic press on low-pressure programs. After a first fermentation in tanks, it is in the bottle itself that a second fermentation takes place and this is how the wine will naturally become sparkling. This specific process is called the Traditional Method, which is used as well for the elaboration of Champagne. The bottles are ageing 15 months « sur lattes » – which is over the legal period of minimum 12 months – the choice of Jean GEILER winery in order to gain in finesse and structure. After this period the bottles are rotated daily on automatic riddling racks in order to prepare the bottles for the next step called « disgorging » which consists in the ejection of the sediments due to the second fermentation. After ejection the resulting space is filled with a cane sugar liquor to the type of sparkling style: « Brut ». The Alsace Crémant Brut ORGANIC BIO Jean GEILER dosage is about 7 g to 9 g of residual sugar per liter.
Vineyard
TERROIR : The vineyards are nestled West of Colmar in Alsace – France on a patchwork of different soils and subsoils. Protected from the Western winds by the Vosges mountains, it benefit from a maximum sunshine. The Grapes selected for the elaboration of our sparkling Crémant d’Alsace ORGANIC are coming from our vineyards located around Ingersheim. Well drained, its alluvial soil accumulates the heat and provides ideal maturation conditions.
