2021 Domaine Ostertag Riesling "Fronholz", Alsace, France
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Fermented and aged in stainless steel tank. Aged 12 months, sur lie, before bottling.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
AndrĂ© Ostertagâs winery is a complex of buildings on the edge of the town of Epfig, which lies midway between Strasbourg and Colmar, about 35 kilometres from each. Epfig is 5 km east from the long snaking line where the Alsace vineyards hug the lower hills of the Vosges Mountains, and it is one of the few wine towns/villages that doesnât sit bang on the wine route. See the map for the location. The Romans settled here and named their village Epiacum. We assume they planted a few vines, and fragments of Roman pottery continue to turn up as the vineyards are worked.
The Ostertag domaine was established in 1966 by AndrĂ©s father, and that counts as start-up material in Alsace, where domaines often go back ten to fifteen generations. AndrĂ© took over in 1980 following winemaking studies in Burgundy. In Alice Feiringâs recent book The Dirty Guide to Wine, she writes that the Alsace region is filled with philosophers and thinkers, and immediately goes on to quote AndrĂ© Ostertag. Often referred to as a philosopher and poet, we also see AndrĂ© as a director, maĂźtre de scene, auteur, and transformer.
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ABOUT THIS WINE
Fermented and aged in stainless steel tank. Aged 12 months, sur lie, before bottling.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
AndrĂ© Ostertagâs winery is a complex of buildings on the edge of the town of Epfig, which lies midway between Strasbourg and Colmar, about 35 kilometres from each. Epfig is 5 km east from the long snaking line where the Alsace vineyards hug the lower hills of the Vosges Mountains, and it is one of the few wine towns/villages that doesnât sit bang on the wine route. See the map for the location. The Romans settled here and named their village Epiacum. We assume they planted a few vines, and fragments of Roman pottery continue to turn up as the vineyards are worked.
The Ostertag domaine was established in 1966 by AndrĂ©s father, and that counts as start-up material in Alsace, where domaines often go back ten to fifteen generations. AndrĂ© took over in 1980 following winemaking studies in Burgundy. In Alice Feiringâs recent book The Dirty Guide to Wine, she writes that the Alsace region is filled with philosophers and thinkers, and immediately goes on to quote AndrĂ© Ostertag. Often referred to as a philosopher and poet, we also see AndrĂ© as a director, maĂźtre de scene, auteur, and transformer.
