Domaine Borès - Alsace Pinot Gris SGN 2017 (50 cl)

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About the wine:

This cuvée confirms the strengths of Schieferberg, a high-altitude schist terroir that won the estate a "coup de coeur" last year for a sweet Riesling from the same vintage. This sweet wine impresses from the outset: its intense, coppery-amber color announces its concentration. Very open, the nose unfurls a captivatingly complex palette of dried and candied fruits (apricot, quince, fig, date) enhanced by notes of coffee and pepper. These candied aromas carry through to a full, rich palate of rare density, tautened by an acidic edge that underscores its long finish. The perfect wine for meditation. (Residual sugars: 169 g/l.)

About the domain :

To the south of Barr, the village of Reichsfeld lies in the heart of the mountains, at the bottom of a steep-sided valley sheltered by the Ungersberg, the highest peak in the Bas-Rhin region: the living environment of Marie-Claire and Pierre Borès, who settled here in 1988. The couple farms their 10 ha of vines on the steep slopes of Schieferberg, one of Alsace's rare schist terroirs.