Tasting Notes

Gold yellow in color. Charming and complex nose of dried white fruits, nuts, smokiness, and very expressive. Generous and medium bodied, it has a great mouth filling texture, very pleasant, fruity forward with a very enjoyable finish thanks to its balanced acidity.

About The Winery

The Lorentz family history in the commune of Ribeauvillé dates back to the end of the Thirty Years' War in the second half of the 17th century. They were innkeepers or coopers as well as ‘gourmets’, the old name given to wine merchants, which afforded them an important status in the local community. In 1748, winegrower and blacksmith Jean-Georges Lorentz was the first to settle in Bergheim, which later became the heart of our Domaine. His son, Pierre Lorentz, was married to the youngest daughter of the Mayor of the time (Nicolas Schmitt). Generations passed with the birth of Jacques Lorentz in 1798 and Charles Lorentz in 1836. This same year, Maison Lorentz was founded in the commune of Bergheim.

Today, Georges Lorentz has the honour of managing the estate, seven generations later. Firmly convinced of the need to produce higher quality grapes, Georges Lorentz began the transition to organic viticulture in the early 2000s and the estate grown grapes finally became fully organic in 2012. In order to further facilitate exceptional wines, the estate invested in a brand new high performance winery, designed to equal the quality of their exertions in the vineyards. The winery is at the cutting edge of technology, which compliments their historic 25 tuns of around 100 years of age, which the family maintain with pride. The estate was also one of the first producers in Alsace to use a screwcap closure, which shows their capacity of adaptating to moden market needs.

The Winemaker

There have been seven generations of family tradition here, currently helmed by sixth generation Georges Lorentz, and with that kind of legacy comes innovation. Gustave Lorentz was among the first producers in Alsace to use stelvin closures and became certified organic by Ecocert in 2012.

Details

Country: France

Region: France- Alsace

Variety: Wine White - Pinot gris/grigio

Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12.5%

Size: 750mL