Domaine Valentin Zusslin - Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg 2016

Wine region: Alsace - France

Grape: Riesling

Tasting notes: 'From a southeast-facing vineyard on a mixture of Muschelkalk limestone and Vosges sandstone and aged on the lees for about 18 months, the 2016 Riesling Grand Cru Pfingstberg is pure and intense on the precise and elegant, slightly flinty nose with its beautiful marille aromas. Tight, fresh and enormously long on the palate, this is a great dry Riesling with great depth, finesse and lingering salinity. The acidity is crystalline and more sandstone-driven than anything else. This wine has an unrivaled elegance, energy and tensioned vitality and shows no signs of drought stress, which we can find in many 2016s in Alsace. Zusslin's 2016 Pfingstberg reveals a certain phenolic grip on the finish, which makes this a great wine with food, especially fish but also white meat and, when matured, also with game. Don't miss it!' The Wine Advocate

Expert Rating: Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94 / 100

About the winery:

Established in 1691 by M. Jodocus CISLE (former name of Zusslin), Domaine Valentin ZUSSLIN is now run by two generations of the Zusslin family who are following in the footsteps of their forbears. The winery is based in Orschwihr, south of Colmar, and the vines are planted on the slopes of the Bollenberg, Clos Liebenberg and Grand Cru Pfingstberg.

Since 1997, the estate has been run in its entirety according to the principles of Bio-Dynamic culture. The vines are mainly worked by hand and a significant amount of time is devoted to caring for the soil