Bercher 2022 Burkheimer Schlossgarten Villinger Grauburgunder Grand Cru dry

"Vineyard on loess. Partially barrel-fermented. No new oak. White peaches, pink peach skin, apricots, walnut skin. There is something tree-bark-like folded into the fruit which sounds awful but is actually delicious. Strata of fruit and nuts and white spices and sweet-green-leaf notes. Broad length and great crumpled-paper texture."
Tasted by Tamlyn Currin,
wine writer for Jancis Robinson

17/20

This Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) Grand Cru is rich golden yellow in colour. Enormously smooth, this dry white wine has elegant fruit notes of ripe pineapple and pear. It also has a very harmonious acid structure.

Food recommendation: Pairs well with fried crustaceans such as lobster sauce or filet of monkfish in Pinot Gris sauce.

35 Year old vines

Vinification: In stainless steel and used Barriques.

Soil: Grown on old terraces in Loess, fermented partially in barrels and left on the lees for 8 months

Bottled: July 2023

Drinking temperature: 11-13°C

Alcohol: 13,5% vol.
Res. sugar: 0,7 g/l
Acidity: 6,6 g/l