Apart from the unique position of the vineyard (across the border in Alsace/Elsass), this Franco-German Pinot Noir sports a label depicting Aesop's fable of sour grapes, for which I as yet have found no explanation (actually this picture is used for a large range of their wines). This wine is hand picked and selected before fermentation in open oak tanks and large oak barrels for 2 to 3 weeks before maturation in small oak barrels for 18 months. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.
The wine was a limpid deep rose pink, with a slightly sweet slightly fruity nose, The palate was sweet berry with a fair dose of wood, and that was well supported by an acid backbone. It went quite well with the pork.
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