Domaine Henry Fuchs et Fils :

Our Wines "Alsace - Terroirs"

Our Terroir Wines come from specific places, each providing particular complexity to the wines. Our ultimate goal in the vineyard, but also in the cellar, is to allow our wines to fully express these terroirs.

There also are Wines coming from the Grand Cru Kirchberg controlled appellation. Those vines require more than a decade to reach the deep mother rock and draw a minerality that will be revealed by wines.

RIESLING EQUINOXE

Von alten Reben, die direkter Nachbarschaft zum Grand Cru Kirchberg in Süd-Ost Lage angebaut werden.
Zwischen 12 und 13,5° Alkoholgehalt.
Hat ein attraktives mineralsches Aroma. Vollmundig, mit einer schönen Säure, exotische Früchte, gemischt mit mieralschen Einflüssen.
Ideal zu Fisch, Sauerkraut, und bestimmten Käse (St Marcelin, Pont l'Eveque...)

PINOT GRIS TZIGANE

Auf fünf Parzellen mit mittelalten Weinreben um die 25 Jahre. Süd/Südwestlage.
Halbtrockener Weiswein, zwischen 12,5 und 14° Alkoholgehalt.
Typisch für diese Rebsorte sind ein offenes und intensives Boquet, reife Früchte, Quitte. Angenehm und rund auf der Zunge, im Abgang rauchig und süss. Kräftige Struktur.
Passt zu Wurst und Schinken, weissem Fleisch, Fische in Rahmsausse, und rauchigem Käse.

RIESLING TERRASSES DU SAINT UL

Boden : Granit und Gneiss
Lage der Parzelle : Weinterrassen in einer sehr steilen Lage, wo bereits der Fels sichtbar wird. Ost-Südostlage, die am fusse des alten Schlosses Sankt Ulrich das historische Zentrum überragt.
Trockener und sehr zart fruchtiger Wein, mit Aprikosen und Limonenarom. Sehr offenes Bouquet, auf der Zunge sehr direkt und lebhaft, was dem Wein eine schöne Frische verleiht.
Passt ideal zu Meersfrüchten, rohem oder gekochtem Fisch, und Frischkäse.

RIESLING KIRCHBERG

Trockener Weiswein, zwischen 12 und 13,5° Alkoholgehalt.
Mineralisches Aroma, wie es für vulkanischen Boden typisch ist. Dank einer feinen Säure, ein lebendiger und harmonischer Geschmack, fast salzig. Kraftvoller Wein, der sehr lange im Mund bleibt.
Passt zu feinem Fisch und bestimmte Käse (alter Comté, Pont l'Evêque, etc...)

Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé Pinot Gris

A.O.C Alsace Grand Cru (French quality wines)

Type: semi-dry white wine

Sweetness: 1 (scale from 1 = dry to 5 = liquor-like).

Terroir: This vineyard is located on a marly-chalky-sandstone terroir, at the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru, which is the most windy, flat and late-ripening section. South exposure.

Comment for the 2015 vintage: This wine has the distinctive characteristic of having fermented in small oak barrels, giving a light woody aroma and flavour. The nose develops toasted and smoked aromas with almond, candied fruits and honeysuckle touches. This is a round and full-bodied wine, complex in flavours, with a very long... finish.

Food and wine pairing : preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. Love at first taste with wild smoked salmon, giblets such as sweetbreads or mushroom puff pastries.

Best consumed: within 15 to 20 years.

Grand Cru Kirchberg de Ribeauvillé Gewurztraminer

A.O.C Alsace Grand Cru (French quality wines)

Type: middle sweet white wine

Sweetness: 3 (scale from 1 = dry to 5 = liquor-like).

Terroir: Vineyard located on a marly-chalky-sandstone terroir, at the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru, which is the most windy, flat and late-ripening section which offer a powerful acidity to the wine.
Comment for the 2016 vintage: Exotic and floral, powerful nose with letchi and passion fruit aromas. Full-bodied and intense in the palate, freshness is kept thanks to a beautiful acidity. Acidity and flavour are long in the palate
Food and wine pairing : preferably drunk between 10 and 12 ° C. Perfect with full-flavour dishes, exotic or spicy (tajine with fruits, sweet and sour chicken, caramel pork, chicken curry), strong cheese (Munster, Epoisse), medium-sweet dessert (flambée apple pie, exotic fruit sorbet).

Best consumed: within 15 to 20 years.

Rouge comme Renard Pinot Noir

A.O.C (French quality wines)

Type: red wine

Sweetness: 1 (scale from 1 = dry to 5 = liquor-like).

Terroir: The vineyard is located at the top of the Kirchberg Grand Cru area (but Pinot Noir does not enter into the Grand Cru Appellation.) The soil is composed of marl-limestone with touches of sandstone.

Comment for the 2015 vintage: This wine has aged in Burgundy barrels for almost a year. The robe is deep purple. The nose opens on black and sour cherries aromas with delicate smoky notes. The palate is silky and full and tannins fade slowly . It is a complex wine gifted with a nice tension.

Food and wine pairing : preferably drunk between 15 and 16 ° C (slightly cool), this wine perfectly matches the humus notes of morels found aside a pork filet mignon (with morels!); it is also great with thyme lamb chops, kidneys or pan-fried veal liver.

Best consumed: within 15 to 20 years.