Wine:

With high minerality, expressing that smoky touch so characteristic of great terroir Rieslings, the 2018 White Alsace Grand Cru Riesling Hengst delivers itself with purity and complexity. The palate is concentrated and generous, crossed by a beautiful minerality and beautiful bitters on the finish that stretch the wine beautifully. Dry in character and with great depth, it can be drunk now and over a decade or more. Rated 94/100 by our Selection Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Whole bunch pressing in a pneumatic way between 5 and 8 hours. Spontaneous fermentation by indigenous yeasts for 4 months (without addition of enzymes or selected yeasts and without chaptalization) and maturation for 6 1/2 months in hundred-year-old Vosges oak tuns. Bottled on the estate. Natural residual sugars: 3 g/l (dry wine). Old vines aged 45 years, in the commune of Wintzenheim. The estate is certified organic and biodynamic since 2004 by Ecocert and Biodyvin. Certified Organic and Biodynamic wine.

Color:

Bright and shiny gold.

Nose:

Pure and complex, of high minerality with that smoky and petroleum touch, characteristic of Rieslings of great terroir, notes of yellow fruits and accents of spices. An aesthete nose for this Grand Cru Hengst.

Palate:

Concentrated and full-bodied, this dry, high-relief Riesling has a beautiful minerality and bitters, which give it remarkable persistence. It has a capacity to age for 10 years or more.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C in a large glass.

Food and wine pairing:

Lobster, lobster, scallops with ginger, sea fish: sea bass, turbot, skate, monkfish, and others, aged hard cheeses: 24 months comté, gouda, parmesan.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2032 and more for the amateurs

One of the best estates of the Alsace region in France, Josmeyer produces biodynamic wines of great elegance and purity. Few estates can boast such consistency and such a reputation worldwide, as its wines are regularly acclaimed by the greatest international critics. 

The French RVF Guide rightly awards the estate 2 stars, thus placing it in the cenacle of the greatest winemeries of Alsace, on a par with Boxler or Ostertag…