2020 Domaine in Black Red Z'epfig
Description
WINEMAKER: Lambert Spielmann
VARIETAL: Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
REGION: Alsace, FR
VITICULTURE: Certified Organic/Biodynamic
"This is pretty serious wine!! We are really in love with this cuvee. There's quite deep and thrilling varietal character from both varieties, minerality from the maceration, fruit and delicious savoury and spicy stalks on the back palate. Personally, I would recommend enjoying this cuvee with food - there's plenty of matter on the palate and the sinew from the stalk and skin tannins makes it a wonderful match for protein. We enjoyed it with tacos a few nights ago and hade a very, very nice time. This is a co-ferment of pinot noir (24 years old on clay and limestone) and pinot gris (30 tears old on clay)." - Campbell
Former social worker Lambert Spielmann began making wine while working with Yves Amberg back in 2016 and, since then, has also worked with Christophe Lindenlaub. Today he farms in excess of 10 parcels which still only amount to roughly 2ha. From the 2019 harvest, all of Lambert's wines have been farmed solely by him. He leases the majority of his vineyards from Yves Amberg and one from Florian Beck-Hartweg.
His sites have been certified organic since 1997 and Lambert's work in the vineyard today is carried out biodynamically (not certified). Passages with the tractor are limited to one occasion each year, with pruned canes being mulched in one row and soil very lightly in the alternate each year. Copper and sulfur are used very sparingly, while willow and yarrow are among the primary plants used in tisanes to apply to the vineyard. Throughout the growing season Lambert doesn't trim shoots at all, preferring the tressage system of 'braiding' the shoots which reduces growth of laterals and retains the apex of the vine and ultimately allows the plant to be in better balance.
2020 Domaine in Black Red
$79.00
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