Murmure 2023
Murmure 2023
Skin-contact Muscat Ottonel from the Alsace, France. Muscat can sometimes be a bit full on and overbearing, but this is very fine and delicate, with notes of stone fruits, elderflower, peach ice tea, and gently bitter tannins. As interesting as it is delicious.
Rietsch having long-since mastered how to work with his aromatic varieties, the grapes saw a 10-day whole-bunch maceration this year, fermentation with indigenous yeast, before being aged on the lees in old barrels for 7 months. No fining or filtration. Zero added sulphur.
The Rietsch estate has been in the family for seven generations. It was Jean-Pierre's parents who started cultivating vines in 1970s and handed them over to JP in 1987. Vines are raised naturally, without the use of chemicals. Sulphur is very rarely used in the cellar, only when absolutely necessary.
Style: Still
Colour: Orange
Producer: Jean-Pierre Rietsch
Country: France
Region: Mittelbergheim, Alsace
Grapes: Muscat Ottonel
ABV: 11%
Sulphur: Zero added
Cuvée: Murmure
Vintage: 2019
Producer: Jean Pierre Rietsch
Region: France, Alsace, Mittelbergheim
Style + Colour: Still, Skin
Grapes/Blend: Muscat Ottonel
ABV: 11%
Initially a mixed farm with crops including tobacco, the land has been in the family for seven generations. Jean-Pierre’s parents started cultivating vines in the 1970s, and passed it to Jean-Pierre in 1987. Organic farming with no use of chemicals. In the cellar, very little sulphur is used, and only when necessary. There is a precision and clarity to all the wines. Having become bored with making late-harvest wines with aromatic varieties; Jean-Pierre is one of few in his area to experiment with skin-contact wines and has gained a reputation for these.
