Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace Riesling 2020
This Alsace Riesling from Domaine Marcel Deiss delivers crystalline clarity balanced with gentle floral lift framed by limestone mineralité, offering a refined expression that evokes the serene elegance of Burgheim’s terroir.
Tasting
- Aroma
- lemon blossom and wet stone
- Palate
- precise citrus acidity with chalky mineral backbone
- Finish
- clean, lingering mineral finish
Pairs with
- oysters on the half‑shell
- steamed clams
- lightly dressed green salad
- fresh goat cheese
Vineyard & Cellar
- Vinification
- Long pressing of whole clusters, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months on fine lees.
- Aging
- Aged for 12 months on fine lees.
From the Archive
Aromas of lemon, with fine mineral notes, evolving with air toward mandarin and pink grapefruit. The palate is dynamic and refreshing, with a beautiful suppleness that finishes with orange peel and stone.
Terroir: Beblenheim foothills, Vosgian terrestrial inputs (gravel, sand, marl), Laucustrine (limestone, silt) soils. Saint Hippolyte: Thannenkirch (poor grey granite), light dry sandy soil.
Beblenheim: Situated on the first foothills of the plain, its authenticity derives from its geological profile. Historically bordering a water source of superimposed beaches, this terroir has a very thick, homogeneous bedrock with a filtering, light, hot limestone surface soil, permitting a perennial acidity.
St Hippolyte: the vine struggles in this terroir, thus investing its energy in its grapes. Consequently, this terroir is one of the earliest to ripen in Alsace and early harvesting is required into order to maintain good acidity levels. It produces mineral and slightly saline wines.