Alsace Cru Blanc 'Grasberg'

• Certified biodynamic
• Field blend of Alsatian varieties
• A single site at the top of Altenberg (Grand Cru) in Bergheim
• 340m altitude
• Northeast facing
• Shallow, iron-heavy, white limestone soils
• The “En Remilly” of the single crus (top of the hill, poor shallow soils)
• Planted between 1972-2002
• 10,000 vines per ha
• Indigenous yeast
• Very slow, whole-cluster pressing for up to 12 hours
• Fermented and aged in large ancient foudres for 12 months

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