Domaine Ostertag - Riesling Fronholz 2017

Name: Domaine Ostertag - Riesling Fronholz 2017
Brand: Domaine Ostertag
Rating: 4.4 (8 reviews)

Alsace|White wine|Organic

Alsace

White

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Drink or Keep

4.4/5 (8 customers)

18/20

RVF

16/20

Bettane & Desseauve

91/100

Robert Parker

(2016 vintage notes)

This beautiful cuvée offers a classic expression of great Riesling, with a fine, precise and very elegant wine. The distinctive feature of Fronholz is its salty finish, due to the many mineral salts in the soil. This great salinity makes it ideal for a wide range of gastronomic pairings, as it salivates, invigorates the palate and whets the appetite. Discover it for yourself!

Features

Estate

Domaine Ostertag

Cuvée

Riesling Fronholz

Vintage

2017

Designation

Alsace

Region

Alsace

Grape varieties

100% Riesling

Terroirs

Quartz soils and white siliceous sands on the surface, clay soils at depth

Viticulture

Organic and certified biodynamic

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Long, gentle pressing of whole bunches, fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts.

Breeding

12 months in vats on fine lees

Alcohol content

13,5%

Residual sugars

5 g/l

Organic

Yes

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Pale yellow colour

Nose

Ample, open, fruity with good maturity

Mouth

Classic expression of great Riesling: fine, precise, elegant. Saline finish.

Serve

AT 10-12°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2019

Drink before

2027

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with shellfish, fish (especially oily fish), raw and smoked fish, poultry, white meats and cheeses...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated 16/20 (Vintage 2016) (Very good wine)

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)

About the domain :

André Ostertag is one of the region's most engaging winemakers. A convinced biodynamist who is constantly questioning his viticultural practices, he cultivates his beautiful plots in Fronholz and Grand Cru Muenchberg with extreme care. The range delights from start to finish, the domaine being one of the very best specialists in pinot gris, which it succeeds like few others in Alsace, notably the splendid cuvée de muenchberg A360P, whose curious name comes from the parcel in the land register... André's son Arthur returned to the domaine in 2016, and vinified the 2017s with his father before taking sole charge in 2018, as André had to take a step back. The new les-jardins range now replaces the previous barriques and cuvée-d'epfig ranges, and covers all grape varieties.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated 91/100 (Vintage 2016) (Wonderful wine)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated 18/20 (Vintage 2016) (Grand vin)

Domaine rated (guide 2022) 3*Stars (They represent the excellence of the French vineyard. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wines is always a magical experience)

About the domain :

2018 marked a turning point for the domaine, with André Ostertag's son Arthur taking charge. With a sensitivity for whites as acute as his father's, he brought his own touch to the table in 2016 and is now driving a new momentum, with a renewed team gradually coming into place. The family farms fine plots in the Zellberg and Fronholz terroirs, in the Muenchberg grand cru, not forgetting Clos Mathis, on the Hagel in Ribeauvillé. Every Alsace connoisseur should know this estate, whose wines are a pleasure to drink. The ageing potential of all the cuvées is undeniable, but the fruit is immediately accessible in the Jardins range, for example. The result of twenty years of biodynamic vineyard management, complemented by precise, pure vinification.

Wine Enthusiast

Domaine noté (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

James Suckling

Graded areas (2019 guide) Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4.4/5

out of 8 reviews