Description

For this bottling Christian Dautel has access to a small south facing parcel of the oldest vines of Grand Cru site Steingruben. The terrain here is reed sandstone with a 50 degree slope and is known for creating wines with great power and vitality with the ageability those qualities come with. There is also a very low amount of lime in the soil which helps the wine remain elegant depsite the warmth of the microclimate. Vines are tended with practicing organic practices. After a careful whole cluster pressing (with some skin contact) and spontaneous fermentation in large neutral oak, the juice is left on the full lees for nine months.