Pinot Blanc/Auxerrois, Cleebourg Tradition
Ref. 0168
A gentle wine with soft rounded fruit and relatively low acidity, floral tones and subtle citrus flavours. This a superb aperitif wine.
- Colour: White
- Grapes: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Auxerois
- Vintage: 2010
- Closure: cork
- Alcohol: 12%
- Other info: Located 60 kilometers north of Strasbourg, Cave de Cléebourg's vineyards cover almost 200 hectares of the Northern Vosges Mountains in the Alsace region of France. Many vineyards share favorable south and southwest facing slopes in the villages of Cléebourg, Rott, Oberhoffen, Steinseltz and Riedseltz. Soil types in the region range from sandy loam to clay to marl.
- Winery website: www.cave-cleebourg.com/uk
- Press: 'The main characteristic of wines made from Pinot Blanc (and Auxerrois) is a certain roundness of flavour, verging on apparent sweetness sometimes because the acidity is relatively low. They are gently rather than demandingly appealing, having even fewer distinguishing marks than Chardonnay, and generally rather less body. This means that yields have to be really quite low before a Pinot Blanc can stand up to barrel ageing. These are wines to be drunk young while such acidity as there is is most obvious' - Jancis Robinson
£9.99
or £9.49 when purchasing any 12 mixed bottles.