Paul Blanck Pinot Gris 2022 Alsace (12 Bottles) France

by CellarHand

$478.00 GST Included

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This classic dry Alsace Pinot Gris offers a gently aromatic nose of peach and nectarine flesh with cereal grain. The attack is delicate and concise, leading to a nicely fleshed-out and sappy palate. It has exquisite feel, reminiscent of angora wool, with the flavours developing into a smooth balsamic style. A delicious wine to quench thirst and provoke meditation.

Paul Blanck Pinot Gris sits in a range the Blancks call “Les Classiques”. These are easy, accessible wines made from the traditional Alsatian grape varieties. They are fruit-driven, aromatic, dry wines that give the best of themselves within the first five to seven years, if you wish to retain their primary fruit-driven personality. The screw cap closure enhances this profile and helps the wines keep both freshness and liveliness far longer.

They generally come from light soils with sand and gravel as well as sandstone or clay. Fruit for the Blanck Pinot Gris was sourced from gravel, sand and south-facing clay and limestone vineyards. It was gently whole-bunch pressed before spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel. The wine is delightful to look at, with a pale golden yellow hue. Beautifully limpid. Luminous flashes, a twinkling, of pale straw gold.

A gentle nose, giving off a subtle aromatic mix of fruit flesh (peaches, nectarines) and cereal grain. The attack is both delicate and concise, conferring liveliness. Has tiny beads of gas, which vanish when confronted with this nicely fleshed-out and sappy body of wine. Exquisite feel, reminiscent of angora wool, with the flavours developing into a smooth balsamic style. A most pleasant wine to quench thirst and provoke meditation.

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About Paul Blanck Wines

86 acres, 5 grands crus and 4 lieux-dits. The Domaine Paul Blanck winery is deeply influenced by the terroir areas that represent two thirds of the total acreage. Trailblazers of the focus on the notion of terroir in Alsace, previous generations of Blancks have put their faith in the terroirs to give birth to authentic and natural wines. About 120,000 bottles leave the Paul Blanck cellar every year.

The Domaine Paul Blanck vineyard:

30 acres of Grand Cru
30 acres of Lieux-dits and Crus
26 acres planted in the Alsace plain

One says of families long established on the same land that they are strongly rooted. It should thus come as no surprise that the Domaine Paul Blanck winery is so intent on producing “terroir wines”, expressions of the unique combinations of grape varietals, soil, climate and craftsmanship. This approach is shared across generations with Frédéric and Philippe firm believers in the potential of Alsatian terroirs.

Since taking over from their fathers in 1984, they take the time to nurture, shape and strengthen the bonds that bind wine lovers and connoisseurs to their wines. They create an exclusive relation with each terroir, the wine that it will produce, from the vineyard to the cellar, all the way to the person who drinks the wine.

Anchored in tradition, the Blanck family is resolutely modern, and loves to share the stories behind their designer wines to the discerning wine lover in search of unique tasting experiences.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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