Jean-Claude Buecher - Cremant d'Alsace "Esquisse" 2021/2022 750ml Brut Nature (12.5% abv)

WINE CLUB SELECTION - NOV 2024

The foaming process or bottle fermentation transforms still wine into sparkling wine. This development elegantly shapes the bubble. Our sparkling wines are left to rest at least 24 months on lees. Quarterly disgorging guarantees the freshness of the product sold. This prolonged maturation gives our wines unctuousness, volume and finesse of the bubble.

The grapes are slowly and gently pressed to delicately extract the must. The juice, after clarification, ferments in tanks for several weeks. The alcoholic fermentation completed, the wine spends the winter cooling in its cocoon of stainless steel. In the summertime, the still wine is filtered to prepare it for its ultimate transformation.

We till the soil and thereby energize it so that the mineral-filled subsoil blends with the organic world on the surface. The mineral elements gathered up by the vines can be found in our grapes and thus improve their maturation. Harvesting the ripe fruit by hand enables us to select and sort the grape bunches before bringing them to the cellar.

effervescence is born from our wine and our vineyard is its cradle. The quality of our sparkling wines depends on a multitude of details made at every stage of their lives. Our organic winery certification is in the works, planned for 2020.

doesn't just drink like true Champagne, this is closer to a small production grower Champers that would cost $75

1/3 Pinot Blanc, 1/3 Pinot Noir and 1/3 Auxerrois from the younger vines of the Domaine.... HALF OF THE FRUIT COMES FROM 2 GRAND GRU PLOTS

Soil: Half of the vines on granite in Walbach, and the other half on the clay-
limestone marls of Wettolsheim(Grand Cru Steingrubler) and Wintzenheim(Grand

Cru Hengst).
The vins clairs are fermented and stored in steel tank until undergoing the second
fermentation in bottle. The wine is aged on the lees for 15 months before bottling.
Dosage: 3 g/l
Organic Certified

displays a slight rose hue, sunny nose, bone dry, impeccable bead, superb balance,  bubbles are fine and color is pale yellow. On the nose, the Crémant is open and expressive, with toasty brioche notes as well as a touch of peach and yellow fruits.  supple, enveloping. The Crémant finish with freshness, with toasted notes 

region

varietal

style

farming/cellar

pairing oysters, Thanksgiving toasts,