Gustave Lorentz
Grand Cru Alsace
Gewurztraminer 2021

Country: Alsace | France | kosher

Winery: Gustave Lorentz Alsace

About the Winery - Gustave Lorentz Winery Founded by the Lorentz family in 1836 in Bergheim, Alsace lies at the foot of the Vosges mountains, which provide protection from the prevailing westerly winds, but also cast a rain shadow over the area, that's why the Alsace climate is distinct due to the alternation of hot days and chilly night during the autumn, perfect conditions for slow and extended grape ripening. This privileges the development of complex aromas and maintains a ripe acidity which provides freshness to wines. The winery focuses on wines from grapes that come from their owned vineyard property (33 hectares) as well as from vignerons, on the slopes of the Grand Cru vineyards of Altenberg-de-Bergheim that descend from a height of 300 meters in a southern direction, which are part of the 51 Grand Cru vineyards of Alsace. The soil is rich in fossils and chalk which forces the vine to deepen its roots and ensure good minerality in the wine, and is covered with red clay soil that is unique to this area.