Marc Tempe Zellenberg Pinot Blanc 2010

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Marc Tempe Zellenberg Pinot Blanc 2010 Front Label
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Vintage
2010

Size
750ML

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Winemaker Notes

This comes from nine parcels of vines totaling 2.10 acres growing on the flanks of Zellenberg's hills and is favored for body and spice.

Professional Ratings

  • 90
    Tempe’s as usual Auxerrois-dominated 2010 Pinot Blanc Zellenberg features ripe Persian melon and mirabelle tinged with orange zest and mint on a lush, very subtly sweet and downright soft palate, leading to a soothing yet still refreshing finish. An impression of inner-mouth perfume adds to the delight of this inevitably versatile bottling one can anticipate savoring through at least 2015.
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Domaine Marc Tempe, France
A native to Alsace, Marc Tempe spent 11 years with the Institut National des Appellations d’Origine, overseeing viticultural and enological aspects of Alsace harvests. His responsibilities included recommending lieux-dits (place names; i.e. single vineyards) for inclusion into the ranks of grand cru, and he became initially acquainted with many of what are now grand cru vineyards. Befriended by Leonard Humbrecht, Tempe quickly understood Domaine Zind-Humbrecht methods: small yields, attention to the vines, harvesting in small bins, gentle pressing of whole berries, long fermentation with wild yeasts, working with the lees, and all with an ecologist’s point of view. He especially learned to distrust residual sugar in wines as a component that masks faults. Except for his late harvest wines, his wines are typically dry.

With his wife, Anne Marie, Tempe put his extensive knowledge if what constituted great vineyards to another use: in the early 1990s, they began buying small parcels. They weaned these parcels off chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and synthetic fungicides, converting them to biodynamic vineyards.

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Approachable, aromatic and pleasantly plush on the palate, Pinot Blanc is a white grape variety most associated with the Alsace region of France. Although its heritage is Burgundian, today it is rarely found there and instead thrives throughout central Europe, namely Germany and Austria, where it is known as Weissburgunder and Alto Adige where it is called Pinot Bianco. Interestingly, Pinot Blanc was born out of a mutation of the pink-skinned Pinot Gris. Somm Secret—Chardonnay fans looking to try something new would benefit from giving Pinot Blanc a try.

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With its fairytale aesthetic, Germanic influence and strong emphasis on white wines, Alsace is one of France’s most unique viticultural regions. This hotly contested stretch of land running north to south on France’s northeastern border has spent much of its existence as German territory. Nestled in the rain shadow of the Vosges mountains, it is one of the driest regions of France but enjoys a long and cool growing season. Autumn humidity facilitates the development of “noble rot” for the production of late-picked sweet wines, Vendange Tardive and Sélection de Grains Nobles.

The best wines of Alsace can be described as aromatic and honeyed, even when completely dry. The region’s “noble” varieties, the only ones permitted within Alsace’s 51 Grands Crus vineyards, are Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Muscat, and Pinot Gris.

Riesling is Alsace’s main specialty. In its youth, Alsace Riesling is dry, fresh and floral, but develops complex mineral and flint character with age. Gewurztraminer is known for its signature spice and lychee aromatics, and is often utilized for late harvest wines. Pinot Gris is prized for its combination of crisp acidity and savory spice as well as ripe stone fruit flavors. Muscat, vinified dry, tastes of ripe green grapes and fresh rose petal.

Other varieties grown here include Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Chasselas, Sylvaner and Pinot Noir—the only red grape permitted in Alsace and mainly used for sparkling rosé known as Crémant d’Alsace. Most Alsace wines are single-varietal bottlings and unlike other French regions, are also labeled with the variety name.

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