Domaine Marcel Deiss Le Jeu des Verts

Gruenspiel 'Le Jeu de Vert' 1er Cru '23Grapes: Mostly riesling with Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, and Gewurztraminer (bone dry)No Score yet BUT the 2022 received a GREAT writeup for comparison:96 Wine AdvocateThe 2022 "Le jeu des verts" blends Riesling, Blanc de Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer already in the field on the clay marl soils of the Gruenspiel vineyard but also on the mash that was fermented for four of five weeks in stainless steel before the wine was aged in a 35-hectoliter foudre until the bottling in September 2023. Since Mathieu ferments the wine on the skins, particularly in warm years, it comes with a modified label and only the French-translated name of the original cru. The salmon-orange colored wine opens with a clear, very elegant and aromatic nose of redcurrant and more red berries. The wine is dry, very intense and powerful on the palate, nicely bitter (almost like a Campari) but also dense, highly complex and very long. This is an orange wine with red-wine