Domaine Lissner - Dionysiuskapelle Gewurztraminer 2019

Country: FranceRegion: Wolxheim, AlsaceAppellation: Appellation Alsace ProtégéeGrape variety: 100% GewurztraminerStyle: MacerationABV: 13.5% by vol.Yield: 25ha/hlTerroir: Limestone and Muschelkalk (shell-bearing limestone) gravelAverage age of vines: 35+ yearsFarming: Dry-farmed, Fukuoka method. Certified organic.Harvest: By handVinification: Six-week maceration of select whole clusters, followed by pressed using gentle pneumatic press. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No fining. No filtration.­Aging: 8+ months, 500L barrelsSulfur added: None Notes: The Muschelkalk—German for shell-bearing limestone—is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata stretching through central and western Europe. This Middle Triassic (240 to 230 million years) deposit originally formed in a land-locked sea, and its lenticular banks contain a plethora of fossil shells, found on the surface or subsurface. The vines of this particular parcel, like many of the domaine, are surrounded by woodland; thus