SCHOFFWEG

2012 Domaine Marcel Deiss

Grapes Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Riesling
Colour White
Origin France, Alsace
Village Bergheim
ABV 12.5%
Vineyard Schoffweg

Deep greenish straw. Smells almost oxidised. Lateral and broad and floury in the mouth. Very massive and powerful. Drinking range: 2015 - 2022 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2016)


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The white-golden 2012 Schoffweg -- from a complantation of Riesling and Pinots with some Muscat and Chasselas on powdery/marly limestone soil in Bergheim, next to the Altenberg Grand Cru-- is a quite Burgundian wine grown in Alsace. Fermented and aged in used Burgundian barrels (“the wine would become too reductive in large oak”), the wine is intense and spicy on the clear, deep, concentrated though elegant and balanced nose, which indicates just a touch of new oak (15-20%) along with ripe stone fruit aromas. Rich, round, very intense and concentrated on the palate, this is a nobly expressive, very complex, and firmly structured white wine with a long and very promising mineral finish. Alsace for Burgundy lovers. Highly recommended! Drinking range: 2016 - 2025 Rating: 93 Stephan Reinhart, The Wine Advocate, erobertparker.com (Oct 2015)

Pale straw. Spicy aromas of white stone fruits, pear and minty herbs. Fresh and nicely structured, with saline flavors of white stone fruit and fresh citrus fruit nicely supported by noble tannins. The finish is saline, bright and long. The Schoffweg is located on the eastern side of the Altenberg grand cru, on soils characterized by very friable white calcaire. Not surprisingly, the wines show a salty, tactile quality and substantial volume. Aged in 100% barriques, of which less than 10% were new. Drinking range: 2016 - 2024 Rating: 89 Ian d'Agata, www.vinousmedia.com (Apr 2015)

Domaine Marcel Deiss

Domaine Deiss's wines are without doubt among the most exciting of the region. The domaine has long focused on field blends so as to produce wines which reflect the terroir on which they are grown more than the individual grape variety, and in doing so Deiss has forced changes on a region which was known only for varietal wines thirty years ago. For many years this consisted mostly of the 'Alsace' blend at the entry level, and then a series of wines from specific sites which Jean-Michel called his 'level of Premier Cru' wines.

Now, having expanded the vineyard area, they have introduced a series of 'village-level' wines which are produced in the same way - from sites with several varieties planted together which are picked and vinified together too. All of these are immensely impressive and worth experimenting with - they each have a definite and unique character, and are some of the most fascinating white wines in the world. Of course we have favourites, and ours are probably Zellenberg at the village level, and Engelgarten at the level of premier cru - but like Burgundy, the complexity is best embraced rather than trying to simplify - all these wines are worth trying, to find your own favourites and to understand the bigger picture: start here!

Deiss may be a contrary character himself, not always in tune with other producers in the area, but the quality in the wines really does speak for what he has achieved.

The wines from the original vineyards are all certified organic and biodynamic, but as the domaine has recently expanded from 27 hectares to 40, some of the new vineyards have not yet achieved certification. All the wines are suitable for vegetarians, but they are not certified for that.

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