Alsace

Organic

Alsace Pinot Noir Les Roches Rouges

Domaine Bohn

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Les Roches Rouges Bohn

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Alsace

Variety

Pinot Noir

Notes from Bernard Bohn on the personality of this wine: "My fresh and subtle nose releases redcurrant and hibiscus tones. My vinous palate delivers a complex structure which awakens a light wooded and spiced flavor of paprika. I am a long-keeping wine that one can fully appreciate with a rack of lamb with rosemary, duck breast with shiitake mushrooms, or a roasted leg of venison. Serve it at 17°C."

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Reichsfeld

Soil type

80% Volcanic Sandstone, 20% Schist

Vine age1975s

Vineyard sizePlanted 5260 vines/hectare

PruningGuyot

ExpositionSouth, Southeast

Altitude400m

Vinification

18 days of maceration with pumpovers, no punchdowns, fermentation with native yeasts

Elevage14 months on fine lees in oak 225L barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfiltered

Additional info

Total production average3200 bottles

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Domaine Bohn

Founded in 1700s

9 hectares

Since taking over the family winery at the age of 18, Bernard Bohn has crafted an individually unique style of wines on the only outcrop of schist terroir in Alsace. The Bohn family members have been winegrowers for well over three centuries in Reichsfeld, a small village at the far end of the valley, where until recently, the local Alsatian dialect was still more common than French. Today, Bernard and his son Arthur farm just over 9 hectares and go beyond organic agriculture to incorporate uncommon techniques, such as completely abandoning vineyard plowing and allowing cover crops to coexist to create balance in the vines.

Bernard has always had an independent streak. While still in high school, he decided to leave his Jesuit boarding school and enroll in the local wine...