Domaine Ostertag - Riesling Fronholz 2021
Alsace
White
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Drink or Keep
95/100
RVF
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93/100
Vinous
"It has decades ahead of it (RVF)"
Cette belle cuvée offre une expression classique de grand Riesling, avec un vin fin, précis et très élégant. La particularité du Fronholz est sa finale salée, due aux nombreux sels minéraux de son sol. Cette grande salinité le prédispose pour de nombreux accords gastronomiques car elle fait saliver, tonifie le palais et ouvre l'appétit. À découvrir !
Features
Estate
Domaine Ostertag
Cuvée
Riesling Fronholz
Vintage
2021
Designation
Alsace
Region
Alsace
Grape varieties
100% Riesling
Terroirs
Quartz soils and white siliceous sands on the surface, clay soils at depth, lower part of the hill.
Viticulture
Organic and certified biodynamic
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Long, gentle pressing of whole bunches, 8-month fermentation in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts.
Breeding
12 months in vats on fine lees
Alcohol content
13.5%
Residual sugars
1.2 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 before
2040+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with shellfish, fish (especially oily fish), raw and smoked fish, poultry, white meats and cheeses...
Domaine Ostertag
Alsace
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated domain (2020 guide) 4*Stars (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.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Vin noté (guide 2025) 95/100
Rated domain (2022 guide) 3*Stars (They represent the excellence of French winegrowing. The best terroirs cultivated by the greatest winemakers. Tasting their wine is always a magical moment)
About the wine :
Quite reserved aromatically, Fronholz Riesling rises in power on the palate, with notes of dried herbs and bergamot: full of vitality and dry extract, it has decades ahead of it.
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 being put in 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
Rated domain (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Vinous A. Galloni
Vin noté (guide 2024) 93/100
About the wine :
Riesling Fronholz 2021 comes from a west-facing site, on sandy soils with lots of quartz. The wine needs air to open up, but has a lovely lightness about it. It flows like a southern breeze, bringing freshness and citrus. It's beautifully serene and extremely balanced, with a waxy, smooth serenity. The finish is clean. Wait for it (bone dry).
James Suckling
Graded areas (2019 guide) Recommended
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