Valentin Zusslin - Les Kammerlas 2017

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the wine:

Les Kammerlas 2017 comes from the family's oldest parcel, which was planted in 1938/39 in the heart of what would become the Pfingstberg grand cru a few decades later. As in the past, the blend of Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Muscat Ottonel and Sylvaner was harvested and vinified together in stainless steel tanks, rather than in foudres, the estate's traditional container. Only 700 bottles were produced from this remarkably elegant and refreshing yet substantial and concentrated terroir wine, whose ripeness, power and concentration represent the warm, early vintage, while its minerality and tension come from the Bollenberg's limestone sandstone soils. Very long and concentrated, this is still a very young wine that will benefit from bottle age.

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

About the wine:

Riesling, sylvaner, muscat and gewurztraminer from a vineyard planted in 1938: nose of star anise and preserved lemon, sapid palate, very full and deep in this wine that impresses with its concentration, yet remains airy and slender.

About the domain :

Jean-Paul and Marie Zusslin, who have been carrying on the family winegrowing tradition since 1691, have been exemplary for some years now. Based in Orschwihr, in a beautiful vineyard, they form a passionate and charismatic duo, dedicated to a job well done. And they're multiplying their projects: designing a new bottle, setting up dozens of beehives and nesting boxes in the plots... Each has his own role: Marie in marketing, Jean-Paul in the vines and the cellar. Biodynamic viticulture since 1997, meticulous winemaking and precise ageing sum up the work of this benchmark domaine, where the spirit of the parcel is omnipresent, even in the crémants. The excellence of the range means that we can expect to see a rise in our rankings!

James Suckling

About the wine:

A very complex dry white that doesn't fit into any conventional category, it's very fragrant on the nose, suggesting gewurztraminer, but on the palate it's so firm and fresh, which is totally different from gewurztraminer. Tons of candied orange, but also dried herbs and angelica. I love the very dry, mineral finish with lots of energy. Made from vines in the heart of the Pfingstberg Grand Cru. Drink now.