Dopff au Moulin Pinot Blanc de Riquewihr "sur Lies" 2008

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Our Price:  £13.10Earn 13 Loyalty Points Bottle or Case:    Single Bottle:  £13.10  Case of 6:  £78.60  Case of 12:  £157.20 Producer:  Dopff au Moulin Grape Varieties:  100% Pinot Blanc Optimum Drinking:  Within 12 years Wine Style:  Full bodied fine fruity white Alcohol by Volume:  13% Country:  France Availability:

LOCAL SOIL CHARACTERISTICS

SCHOENENBOURG (The beautiful Hill) is one of the most prestigious sites in Alsace. Situated to the North of Riquewihr, the vineyard runs along the rather
steep south and south-east flanks of the hillside, at an altitude of 265 to 380 metres. It covers an area of 53.4 hectares, over a water-retaining subsoil of
keuper, marl, dolomite and gypsum, rich in fertilizing agents, overlaid with fine layers of quaternary siliceous gravel, Vosges sandstone and muschelkalk.
DOPFF "Au Moulin" owns 8.8 hectares.
   

On the SCHOENENBOURG, RIESLING is KING.
SUPERFICIE DU VIGNOBLE DOPFF 8.8 hectares

VINIFICATION
Grape variety : 100 % RIESLING grapes, picked by hand on October 9TH 2007 with 13.6%vol potential alcohol
Grapes have been pressed entirely without crushing. Static racking of the must was followed by a slow temperature controlled fermentation. Later the wine
was stored in old oak casks on fine lees during several months. Finally this wine was bottled in December 15th 2008.