Alsace

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Noble grabes of Alsace

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Riesling (most planted, latest to ripen)

Pinot Gris (Tokay)

Gewurtzraminer

Muscat (Ottonel or blanc/rose a petits Grains)

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Gentil

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Superior blend, must be min 50% from noble grapes.

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Edelzwicker

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Noble mixture - inexpensive blended wine, don't need to have vintage, are not required to contain more than one grape, but typically blends of any that don't need to include %

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Top producers Alsace

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Trimbach, Zind-Humbrect, Hugel, Marcel Deiss, Kuntz-Bas, Ostertag, Weinbach, Schlumberger

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Top Alsace gran crus and #

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Schlossberg, first and biggest

Altenberg de Bergheim and Kaefferkopf may blend

Zotzenberg can do sylvaner.

Rosacker - clos st hune trimbach (not on label)

Kanzlerberg (smallest)

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Vosges Mountains

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rain shadow for Alsace making the area the driest in France.

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Haut-Rhin Bas-Rhin

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2 departments of Alsace

Haut is south but higher and better wine

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gres de Vosges

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pink sandstone in Alsace use to build structures.

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Red grape of Alsace

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only pinot noir permitted

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Other grapes of Alsace

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Pinot Blanc (Klevner)

Chasselas (Gutedel)

Sylvaner (permitted in one grand cru Zotzenberg)

Auxerrios (blended with pinot blanc, can be labelled as pinot blanc)

Pinot (any of the 3 could be blended together)

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Alsacation field blend

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championed by Marcel Deiss, grown and vinified together, but can be at various amount of ripeness and often contain high RS.

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Alsation grand cru rules

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generally only one varietal

only noble grapes

lower yields higher alcohol

11% for riesling and muscat

12.5 for pinot gris and gewurtz

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Vendanges Tardives

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Created in 1984

Single noble varietal,

must pass blind tasting

may show botrytis both emphasis on varietal purity. Come from very late harvest/raisinated, but not always sweet. 235g/l sugar muscat/riesling 257g/l pinot gris/gewurtz

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Selections de Grains Nobles

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Created in 1984 Single noble varietal,must pass blind tasting

picked in multiple tries for botrytis infected over varietal character

276g/l muscat/riesling, 306g/l pinot gris/gewurtz among highest min must weight in france

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Cremant de Alsace

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champagnem method sparklers.

Can contain pinot noir or blanc, chardonnay, rieling, pinot gris, auxerrios

Pinot noir for rose.

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Cotes de Jura AOP

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wines of all 3 colors,

Red Poulsard, traouseau, pinot noire

white 100% chard but savagnin can be added blend.

rose in vin gris style.

Methode traditional wines as well.

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vin Jaune

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Made from savagnin - yellow wine, oxidized may age for decades, after ferment, kept in barrel for 6 years. not topped off, voile developes similar to flor, not fortified. Chateau Chalon is the AOP.

Bottled in clavelin (62cl bottle)

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vin de paille (Jura)

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straw wine can be labeled Arbois, L'toile or Cotes de Jura. ripe, but not botritis grapes dried on straw mats, or hung in boxes, shrivel to achieve must of 320 g/l. at least 14% alcohol . 3 years of aging, including 18 months in neutral barrel.

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Vin de luqueur (jura)

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Aged Marc (grape spirit) added to unfermented grape must. Red white or rose and must be aged for one year.

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Savoie AOP

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alpine region, mostly white grapes

Jacquere is most common

altesse, roussanne, chardonnay

red - gamay, mondeause, pinot