Produced from the finest sandstone plots in Reichsfeld, this wine is renowned for its intense aroma, easy drinking and refined structure. Excellent aromatic finesse, with a floral bouquet, a floral bouquet with woody notes and aromas of aged mahogany, malt and sweet spices. The palate is frank, direct and pure, with a long finish, a refined structure and mineral tension that unfolds elegantly.
Tip : wait a few more months, even years, especially in magnum!
Catherine Riss's work on minerality and tension takes on its full dimension with time.
Natural yeast, natural fermentation with low dryness, bottled without clarification, filtration or sulfites.
【Catherine Riss' distinctive style】
Catherine Riss works 4.5 ha of land. From the start, her work in the vineyards was oriented towards organic farming and obtained her certification in 2015. Precise and hard-working, Catherine seeks above all the mineral extraction and dry balance of her wines. It is remarkable work in the vines and an increasingly biodynamic approach which gives its wines an astonishing typicity, fruitiness, balance and incredible minerality.
Catherine comes from a hospitality background, her parents operating restaurants in Alsace since she was young. And whilst Catherine had a keen interest in food and wine, she didn’t want to venture into restaurants. After completing her schooling she undertook viticulture and Oenology studies in Beaune and Dijon, interning with Jean Louis Trepat. Several years later after extensive travel working in France and overseas, Catherine’s return to Alsace was with Chapoutier in 2009, who were establishing themselves in Reichsfeld. This was to provide Catherine with invaluable experience, understanding the terrain, the climate, the cellar conditions and also the chance to befriend other vignerons.
In 2012 she purchased 1.3 hectares and began her own domain. She was assisted by Antoine Kreydenweiss and Lucas Rieffel in the early years. They offered advise and encouragement, with Lucas providing his cellar for Catherine to make her wines until 2015 when she established her own cellar in Bernardville.
All farming is done in organics, her original hectares certified in 2015. Catherine seeks diversity in the vineyard, cover crops are planted with the intent of taking nitrogen in to feed the soil. She now has 4 hectares, all located around the village of Reichsfeld, approximately 40 minutes south west of Strasbourg.
Catherine belongs to the Association des Vins Libres d’Alsace which promotes local organic wines without inputs. All work is manual. In the cellar, she does not own a de-stemmer and has a German Wilmes press which provides a gentle pressing of the grapes. Elevage is in old barriques on lees, the wines are unfined, without filtration and without sulphur. Catherine will not release a wine onto the market if it is not stable and ready.
There is a definite style running through the wines and it’s well described above by Camille Rivière; delicate, balanced, poised. You could even say posed.
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