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Advanced Search WINE SHOP: Red Wine French Red Wine Italian Red Wine Spanish Red Wine German Red Wine Australian Red Wine New Zealand Red Wine American Red Wine Chilean Red Wine Argentinean Red Wine South African Red Wine White Wine French White Wine Italian White Wine Spanish White Wine German White Wine Australian White Wine New Zealand White Wine American White Wine Chilean White Wine Argentinean White Wine South African White Wine Austrian White Wine Rosé Wine Sparkling and Fortified Wine Champagne Sparkling Wine Fortified Wine Wine Gifts Wine Accessories Wine Gift Vouchers Riedel Glasses Bin Ends and Discounted Items   Terms & Conditions   DOMAINE ANDRÉ OSTERTAG RIESLING CLOS MATHIS 2002 André Ostertag is anything but a run-of-the-mill Alsace winemaker. To some traditionalists he is an eccentric, constantly tinkering and experimenting with new styles that break the mould, but in reality he simply seeks to coax the ultimate expression from the varieties and his various vineyard . This is not a typical dilute Alsatian wine, but offers intense flavours, some bottle age and immense complexity. VINEYARD Based in Epfig, Ostertag is a believer in the advantages of sharply restricted yields, limiting his wines to only around 50 hectolitres per hectare - a different league from the 120hl/ha seen in some neighbouring domaines. The resulting wines have concentration and immense personality. This fairly young domaine, which began life in the 1960s, has 13 hectares of vines split among 75 plots in five villages and is run along biodynanic principles. The Clos Mathis wine is sourced from vineyards alongside Grand Cru Geisberg. GRAPE VARIEITIES 100% Riesling VINIFICATION All grapes are handpicked before undergoing a pre-fermentaion maceration to extract futher flavour. After a traditional fermentation the wine is aged in barrels for a limited period (in some instances in new barrels) to add body and complexity oto the wine - a techqiue little used in Alsace. The wines undergo a stablising filteration before bottling. TASTING NOTE This was a wine of both depth and finesse. Quite dry and minerally, with a clean palate and nuances of orange rind, white peach, mild citrus. Its petrol notes are in perfect harmony - never obtrusive, easing in gently a little past mid-mouth and on to the finish. Extremely well-knit and complex. CLOSURE:    Cork ALCOHOL:    13.0% (9.7 units of alcohol) Per Bottle £15.99 Quantity:

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