Domaine Josmeyer - Riesling - Le Kottabe 2022
Domaine Josmeyer is located in the village of Wintzenheim , in the Haut-Rhin of Alsace . In 1854, Aloyse Meyer, restaurateur and wine broker, decided to extend her father's winery by trading in wines and endeavored to promote the best local terroirs and particularly those of Brand and Hengst, recognized today. as Grands Crus. In 1941, Hubert Meyer, a graduate in oenology and an excellent winemaker, chose to diversify his markets and started exporting. In 1963, he decided to associate the first three letters of his father Joseph's first name with the family name and created the Josmeyer brand. In 1966, his eldest son Jean joined the family business. In charge of winemaking and foreign markets, he brought modernity and creativity to it by associating, from 1987, works by contemporary artists with labels. In 2000, he decided to convert the entire 28-hectare vineyard to organic and biodynamic cultivation. Today, Jean Meyer's two daughters, Céline and Isabelle , manage the family farm.
The Kottabe is part of the Artist series by Josmeyer. It comes from a dozen small plots on soils of alluvium and gravel located in the plain around the communes of Wintzenheim and Turckheim. The age of the vines is around 45 years. After the manual harvest, the Riesling grapes are put in direct pressing for 6 hours. Fermentation begins spontaneously with indigenous yeasts and vinification is carried out in century-old casks . The aging lasts several months on fine lees .
Varietal: 100% Riesling
