Paul Blanck Riesling 2021 Alsace (6 Bottles) France

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Pushing towards mango and pineapple, but not overt, also some honey and flowers. Offers a gently chalky texture in with citrus and tropical flavours – the taste is very pleasant – and there’s a slippery glide adding appeal. Good finish. A strong release in 2019, I think. 91 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Fruit for the Paul Blanck Riesling comes from vineyards with sand and gravel soils around the village of Kientzheim. The juice is extracted with infinite care in an air-bag press. The slow, gentle pressing avoids crushing the stalks and pips. The must starts fermenting of its own accord thanks to the natural yeast present in the juice, and the fermentation generally lasts from four to 10 weeks.

It is carried out in stainless-steel vats equipped with temperature control, a medium which maximises the expression of this variety’s aromas. Pale yellow in colour, the nose shows light floral and citrus notes. The palate has pineapple, lemon and mineral notes, as well as an evocation of sweet-scented flowers.

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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.

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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.