Vins d'Alsace Rietsch

La Nef des Fous

2024, white, 75cl

CHF 34.00

Aged in perpetual cuvée, this Riesling has a beautiful yellow colour. The nose is lemony, evoking nuts and gunflint. The palate is very slightly oxidative, concentrated and explosive, with notes of nuts and dried fruit. A complex, appetising and salty wine...

Fact sheet

Country

France

Region

Alsace

Estate

Vins d'Alsace Rietsch

Producer

Jean-Pierre Rietsch

Type

White

Vintage

2024

Grape(s)

Riesling

Body

Mineral

Aging

Wood

Sweetness

Dry

Format

75cl

° alc

12.5%

Certification

Organic (AB)

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Pairing

This gourmet cuvée pairs well with foie gras, bouchées à la reine, gratins, white meats, game and cheese-based dishes.

The land and the vine

From the south-south-east facing Grand Cru Zotzenberg terroir, composed of ferruginous sandstone limestone. Not classified as a Grand Cru due to the blending of four vintages: 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Certified organic production.

Vinification

Natural fermentation using indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation completed. Aged on lees in large oak casks. Bottled in April 2025.

Serving

Serve chilled at 8-10 degrees. A wine that can be cellared for several years.

Best shared with the "open-minded"

Right in the middle of the more traditional classics and the more rock 'n' roll cuvées, here's a bottle that will broaden the horizons of your open-minded peers about natural wines, while pleasing both the avid discoverers and the most experienced drinkers. A bottle that brings everyone together...

Alsace, France

Jean-Pierre Rietsch

Jean-Pierre

Mittelbergheim, another pretty village on the Alsace wine route, is where the Rietsch family has prospered since the 17th century, living from agriculture and viticulture. A few centuries later, Jean-Pierre has taken over the estate, alongside his wife Sophie, magnifying the indigenous grape varieties...

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