All about Alsace WSET3
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| Haut-Rhin | Alsace, department to the south
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| Bas-Rhin | Alsace, department to the north
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| Alsace | cool continental, hot summers, sunny dry autumn, varied soils, best vineyards on slopes, high trained vines on plain, organic & biodynamic wine making, bottling in spring when fresh
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| Alsace AC | 100% from single varietal if named, 70% of wine in Alsace, bottled in flutes
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| Alsace Grand Cru AC | lower yields, higher sugar ripeness, must be single noble grape
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| Kaefferkopf | Alsace, Grand Cru that allows blending
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| Altenberg de Bergenheim | Alsace, Grand Cru that allows blending
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| Zotzenberg | Alsace, Grand Cru allows Sylvaner
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| Alsace Grand Cru label | name of vineyard, vintage, varietal
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| Vendage Tardive (VT) | late harvest, Alsace, 14% for riesling & muscat, 15.3% for pinot gris & gewurz
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| Selection de Grains Nobles (SGN) | botrytized, Alsace, only produced in suitable years for rot, must be from noble grape, 16.4% for riesling & muscat, 18.2% for pinot gris & gewurz
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| Grand Cru, SGN, VT grapes | muscat, riesling, gewurz, pinot gris
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| non-noble Alsace grapes | pinot blanc, pinot noir, sylvaner
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| Style of best traditional Alsace whites | dry, full body, spice with fruit, some sweet, some botrytized
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| Edelzwicker | noble blend, uses muscat, riesling, pinot gris and/or gewurz
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| Gentil | non-noble blend, Alsace
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| Alsace blends | Edelzwicker, Gentil, mostly inexpensive, light character, no spice
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| Alsace Riesling | full bodied, dry, medium + alc, high acid, pronounced flinty minerality, *adept at expressing soil type
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| Alsace Gewurz | pungent aromatic spice, lychees, roses, sweet baking spice, golden, full bodied, med-low acid, high alc (14%), oily texture *best VT have exagerated fruit
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| Alsace Pinot Gris | rich, full body, high alc, gold, less aromatic, pronounced flavour, fresh & dried fruit, smoky, honeyed, *produces exceptional VT & SGV
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| Alsace Muscat | less than 3% of vineyard area, prone to couleur & rot, inconsisten yields
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| Alsace Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois | widely used for sparkling wine, Auxerrois labled is 100%, Pinot Gris labeled is a blend,
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| Alsace Auxerrois | blended with Pinot gris, slightly more full bodied, spicier
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| Alsace Sylvaner | delicately perfumed, 9% of plantings, some richness but less than Gewurz, best young
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| Alsace Pinot Noir | 10% of plantings, light & fruity at best, red or rose, lacks weight of Burgundy style
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