CREAMANTS
Our cremants are born of the same restraint: to accompany rather than compel, to leave time to polish the wine on lees and slats. The bubble does not show; It punctuates, prolongs freshness, emphasizes salinity, and brings each cuvée back to the table.
ORIGIN
Surface: 1.08 ha
Year of planting: 1976, 1986, 1993 and 2007
Exposure: East/ South-East
« Origin » bears his name: it is the sparkling entrance door of the estate. On the nose, notes of fresh apple, white flowers, fine brioche, with some citrus. The mouth is bright, straight, but without hardness: the bubble is fine, the dosage is discreet, the finish is clear and refreshing. There is the signature of limestone: an impression of chalk, of elegant dryness, which makes you want to recall the glass. A cremant of light and precision, more in tension than in volume.
ROSE ORIGIN
Surface: 66.94 ares
Year of planting: 1970 and 1991
Exposure: East/ West
Rosé adds color without losing the outfit. The nose opens on small red fruits – strawberry, currant, raspberry – with a floral touch and a light pastry tip. In the palate, the bubble remains fine, the fruit expresses with frankness, without heavy sugar. The balance between the east and west exposures gives a wine both fresh and slightly fleshy, with a dry, fruity, very digestible finish. A sharing cremant, for times when one wants to party without giving up style.
COLLINE
Surface: 64.59 ares
Year of planting: 1983 and 2012
Exposure: East/ West
« The Hill » carries in him some topography of the domain. The nose evokes citrus fruits, the apple, the flower of acacia, with a hint of hazelnut according to the breeding. In the mouth, the bubble accompanies more than it dominates. The frame is balanced, between the tension of the east and the softness of the western exposures: a material wider than « Origin », but always held by a dry and precise finish. A relief cremant, who knows how to stay both serious and joyful.
Stonestone Heart
Surface: 40 acres
Year of planting: 1983 and 2002
Exposure: East/ South-East
Here, the bubbles take their momentum on the sandstone. Cœur de Grès is a crémant de côteau, from a unique plot at the edge of the Grand Cru Pfingstberg, on a 100% sandstone soil, and only developed in large vintages (2011, 2013, 2014, 2018). The nose opens onto the fresh citrus fruits, the crunchy apple, some white flowers, then comes the brioched notes of panettone, of slightly buttered bread mice, placed on a stony background that brings straightness. In the mouth, the bubble is fine, the juice clear, the net frame: the attack is lively without being aggressive, the middle of the mouth remains slender, carried by a precise acidity. The 60 months on slats bring complexity and depth without weighing down the wine. The finish, dry and salivating, leaves an impression of luminous purity more than roundness. An esthete cremant, where the sandstone signs the style: energy, clarity, lengthening, with obvious drinkability, from the aperitif to the table.
