Weinbach Alsace Les Caracoles Pinot Gris 2021 chateau-lanessan the 2017 Violinist is intense

the 2017 Violinist is intense and full of character

The result is an inviting earthy and dense red wine that is heady and soft with some good use of oak

Amazingly well balanced and absolutely bone dry

limestone and galet soils of Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (in the valley of Balouvière)

both of which were harvested from the celebrated Adelaide Hills wine region

Weinbach Alsace Les Caracoles Pinot Gris 2021 chateau-lanessan the 2017 Violinist is intenseBiodynamic. Previously known as Pinot Gris Ste. Catherine, this Pinot Gris is now named after its vineyards ancient cadastral name, Les Caracoles, which lies in the Schnackator lieu dit below Altenbourg. Schnackator translates as the snails gate, a name perhaps linked to the snail shaped fossils that run through the vineyards limestone soils. It is just underneath the Altenbourg on clay and limestone and the vines are 40 50 years old. The Fallers note