Domaines Schlumberger 2020 Gewurztraminer "Les Princes Abbés" Alsace 750ml
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description: "Les Princes Abbés" — the Prince Abbots — is a direct tribute to the monks who once ruled this exact stretch of vineyard land. Domaines Schlumberger's holdings were first planted by the Romans, then controlled for centuries by the Prince Abbots of Murbach, a monastic order that established its seat at Guebwiller in southern Alsace. When the Abbey's estates were sold off following the French Revolution, a local mill owner named Nicolas Schlumberger purchased 20 hectares — the seed of what has grown, across more than two centuries and six generations of his heirs, into the single largest contiguous vineyard holding in Alsace, spanning 135 hectares over four miles on the steep flanks of the Vosges Mountains. Schlumberger also owns the largest acreage of Grand Cru vineyard in the entire appellation, including the celebrated blocks of Kessler, Kitterlé, and Saering, with vine references tracing back to ancient Roman times. The estate's aridity and steepness naturally suppress yields to roughly half the Alsace average, and even though Schlumberger is legally entitled to produce as much as 160,000 cases annually, the family deliberately limits production to 80,000 — a self-imposed restraint that concentrates flavor considerably. Every Schlumberger wine, this Gewurztraminer included, ferments and ages in large oak tuns that have served the estate's cellars for decades, the genuine heart of the operation. This specific cuvée draws mainly from the named localities of Bollenberg and Bux, supplemented by young vines from the domaine's own Grand Cru sites, following slow pneumatic pressing, static racking, one-to-four months of fermentation in thermo-regulated tuns, and six to eight months of maturation on the lees. The estate's own tasting notes for 2020 describe a nose that's "frank, pleasant and intense," dominated by exotic scents — citrus fruits, candied orange, grapefruit, pear, peach, mango, and passion fruit — with airing revealing floral rose alongside spices, ginger, a…
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