2019 | Marc Tempe | Amzelle Pinot Gris

Previously known as Zellenberg Pinot Gris, it was forced to rename after the AC body forbid the use of the Zellenberg village as a cuvee name. The clay-marl soils of the area deliver structure and intense fruit to this wine. Two years on fine lees impart a slightly reducted nose which is engulfed by soft, rich stone fruits and delicate spices.

Producer Information

Back in the eighties Marc initially worked as a lab technician for the INAO. He then stepped outdoors to work as a vineyard expert for the same body, responsible for selecting lieux-dits for possible inclusion into Alsace’s Grand Cru system.Both Marc and wife Anne Marie’s parents were co-operative winemakers and from the families’ joint vineyard holdings they started their new domaine in 1993.Marc, who Léonard Humbrecht (of Zind-Humbrecht) calls his ‘spiritual godson’, has been working his 8ha of hillside vineyards in the Haut-Rhin biodynamically since late 1996. Most of his wines are made from very old vines and, harnessed to fastidious viticulture, yields average an incredibly low 30hh (less than half of the regional average).

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