OUR TERROIRS AND GRAND CRUS
Exceptional wines with widely recognised geological and climatic traits, these wines are the expression of a quality of their native soil. Issued from low yield productions, these are unique wines that are both fine and complex and make excellent worth keeping wines
MURETS :
A steeply sloping terroir that lies at altitudes of between 270m and 350m and exposed south-east and south-west.
It has a deep clay-limestone soil with an important stony layer on the surface.
Nearby, there are many stone walls made out of calcareous flagstones. These walls have a drainage effect on their environment, enabling excellent grape maturation.
“Les Murets” facilitates the development of wines with a smoky aroma and confers a structure that is both firm and velvety, which is balanced out with a good of vitality.
Originating from two steeply sloping terroirs (Rotenberg and Burg) exposed east and south, whose limestone soil gives it a brick-red hue and brightly coloured marls formed on gravel.
The synergy of these two terroirs brings forth a most intense sensory experience.
The blending of these two terroirs distinguishes a variety of nicely perfumed aromas on the nose and provides a strong and long-lasting complex structure on the palate
Terroir on a gentle slope that lies at altitudes between 220m and 280m exposed south-east.
The soil is composed of clay-limestone marls with alluvial on the surface.
This composition encourages a deeper grounding of the vine’s roots, which adds to the wine’s complexity.
“Les Comtes” produces a wine with a persistent structure, with elegant and intense hints of fruits with white flesh.
The aftertaste is ample with a salty note.
GRAND CRU FROEHN – LA SERVITUDE :
A steeply sloping terroir that lies at altitudes between 270m and 300m exposed south, south-east and south-west.
Made up of a clayey-marly soil on a bed of calcareous sandstone and dotted with marine fossils.
“Froehn” wine has an exceptional aromatic purity.
A fine wine which is subtle and elegant with salty notes on the finish.
GRAND CRU SONNENGLANZ – L’ECLAT DE SOLEIL :
A mean slope terroir that lies at altitudes between 220m and 270m exposed south-east.
The soil is a conglomerate of limestone pebbles and marls.
Very gravelly on the surface, which reflects the heat and light of the sun and thereby encourages the ripening of the grapes.
“Sonnenglanz” produces a powerful wine with a high concentration of ripen and long-lasting aromas, accompanied by some wonderful spicy notes.
A mean slope terroir that lies at altitudes between 220m and 280m exposed south-east.
These plots are found near to the Grand Cru Froehn.
The marly limestone soil is made up of a mixture of limestone pebbles and clays.
“Zelleberg” produces a wine that has a strong and complex structure accompanied by elegant and fine notes.
GRAND CRU SCHOENENBOURG – LA BELLE COLLINE :
A steeply sloping terroir that lies at altitudes between 265m and 380m exposed south, south-east.
The soil is a mixture of marls, gypsum mixed with thin sandstone from the Vosges.
“Schoenenbourg” produces powerful, elegant, rich and complex wines with good minerality.