Dirler-Cadé : Riesling Grand cru "Saering" Vendanges Tardives 2015

Characteristics and tasting advice for Dirler-Cadé's Riesling Grand Cru "Saering" Late Harvest 2015

Tasting

Subtle and refined nose, revealing a beautiful depth with notes of white fruits and grapefruit. A great freshness blends with a fine bitterness, faithfully reflecting the expression of the terroir. A wine with remarkable aging potential.

Food and wine pairings

This Late Harvest Riesling pairs perfectly with a platter of dry and strong goat cheeses. It also wonderfully accompanies fruit desserts like a strawberry tartlet.

Service and aging

Serve the Riesling Grand Cru "Saering" Late Harvest 2015 between 8 and 10°C.

An exceptional Alsace Riesling

The property

Passionate and seasoned winemakers, Jean Dirler and his wife Ludivine brilliantly manage this family estate founded in 1871 and passed down from father to son for five generations. A pioneer of biodynamics, the Domaine Dirler-Cadé has been cultivating its vines according to these principles since 1998.

The vineyard

The Grand Cru Saering, a jewel of the Alsace appellation, is characterized by a terroir of marl and limestone of great complexity. Facing southeast, this vineyard benefits from a soil composed of Buntsandstein sandstone and Oligocene limestone, giving the wines a distinctive minerality and a beautiful natural acidity. The 28-year-old Riesling vines plunge their roots into this exceptional terroir, capturing all the richness and mineral diversity of the place.

Vinification and aging

To shape this Riesling Grand Cru "Saering" Late Harvest 2015, the grapes are hand-picked and meticulously sorted on each vine in order to retain only ideally botrytised bunches. After gentle pneumatic pressing and natural static settling, fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks thanks to indigenous yeasts. The wine then benefits from an 11-month aging on lees, thus refining its aromatic complexity and structure.

Grape variety

Riesling (100%)