Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris 'Tradition' 2021 White Blends

Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris 'Tradition' 2021 White BlendsFrom old vines in the Harth lieu dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess. Very expressive aromas in this 2021 vintage due to the wine being left on gross lees for longer than previously. It shows with a very aromatic lift (much more than for the 2020 vintage of this wine) and just a touch of exotic fruit though not to excess with purity and finesse still at the core of this wine. Crystalline pure

and once in the mouth

Her work aligns perfectly with Eden Mill's traditional yet experimental principles

lightly toasted notes

fig and a wisp of beeswax

Malolactic conversion is inhibited to produce a fresh

The palate carries the same interplay of fruit and saline minerality — a compact

the free-run juice is fermented with natural yeast in 50% in foudres and 50% in barrel (2-3 year-old)

one on the traditional flood plain which provides richness

this Cognac was matured in a French recent loose grain oak cask

A top seller in Alsace

But what makes it so special Ichnusa Special is the perfect balance between the fruity flavour

with the fermentation arrested at the optimum acid/sugar balance