Cremant d'Alsace Cuvee Prestige 'Kuehn'
France, Cremant d´Alsace
Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Auxerrois
Description
This Crémant d’Alsace shows a light gold colour with a fine stream of bubbles rising in the glass. The nose of the Brut Cuvée Prestige reveals a delicate bouquet of fresh fruits, apple and white flowers aromas. In mouth it is a fresh, well structured and elegant wine. Perfect on its own as an apéritif. It pairs well with fish dishes oysters or shellfish as well as with sushi, maki. Ageing potential is : 3 to 4 years. AOC Crémant d’Alsace should be served chilled between 6 and 8°C.
Analytical data
brut
Vinification
The harvest /crop for the Crémant d’Alsace 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 14 to 18 months « sur lattes » – which is over the legal period of minimum 12 months –This is the choice of Kuehn winery in order to gain in finesse and structure. After this period the bottles are rotated 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 liquor of varying degrees of sweetness adapted to the type of sparkling style: « Brut », « Sec » Dry or « Demi-Sec » Half Dry. The Alsace Crémant Brut Cuvée Prestige dosage is about 7 to maximum 9g of residual sugar per liter.
Vineyard
The winery Kuehn was founded in 1675. The vineyard is nestled west from Colmar in Alsace in the village of Ammerschwihr. Favoured by an exceptional climate this patchwork of soils and subsoils provides the richness and originality of the Alsace wines Kuehn. A real asset which together with the experience and the skills of the winemaker Francis Klee, enables Kuehn winery to produce an outstanding range of Alsace Wines and Crémants. Protected from the Western winds by the Vosges mountains, and facing east – south east this vineyard composed of clay and limestone soils is located on the best hillsides of Ammerschwihr.
