Schieferkopf - Alsace - Riesling - Lieu-Dit Buehl - White - 2015

Wine:

The 2015 Alsace Riesling Lieu-Dit Buehl White brings together tension, firmness, and length with grace and precision. This is a structured, powerful wine with serious shape. After ten years, it shows off striking complexity, with layers of citrus, ripe fruit, and tropical notes. It’s a food wine through and through, driven by lovely bitterness and a saline finish — made for zander in beurre blanc or a platter of shellfish.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Long pressing, static cold settling. Alcoholic fermentation using indigenous yeasts, then aged in casks with malolactic fermentation for 15 months.


Certified organic wine.

Color:

Brilliant gold with green highlights.

Nose:

Complex, with notes of citrus, ripe fruit, and exotic fruit.

Palate:

Combining tension, firmness and persistence with grace and precision, this wine is well-structured, powerful and beautifully profiled, carried by lovely bitter notes and a salty finish.

Temperature:

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

Food and wine pairing:

Shellfish, seafood risotto, pikeperch in white butter sauce.

Cellar aging:

From today until 2030, and beyond for enthusiasts.

Star of the Rhône Valley, Michel Chapoutier holds one of the most impressive line-ups of crus around.
His winemaking skill and deep knowledge of the vineyard give him an unrivalled ability to uncover standout terroirs.

Schieferkopf is a perfect example — a rising name from Alsace (and Germany), which he’s been nurturing organically since 2015. The estate lies on Alsace’s only vein of blue schist, with generous sun exposure and a complex patchwork of soils.