{"title":"Domaine Schoffit \u0026 Rangen Grand Cru","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2020","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2020","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eRiesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2020 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length.\u003cbr\u003e14.5 % alc\/vol; 2.1 g\/L RS; 5.5 g\/L TA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796392931578,"sku":"SCH20RRANGEN","price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitRieslingGrandCruRangenClosSaint-Theobald2020Organic.jpg?v=1700699589"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-pinot-gris-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2020","title":"Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2020","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Gris\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eHere the smoky minerality once again overlays the varietal fruit and while the wine carries 25 g\/L of residual sugar it finishes dry and perfectly balanced. A textbook example of Alsatian Grand Cru Pinot Gris.\u003cbr\u003e14.7 % Alc\/vol; 26 g\/L RS; 4.3 g\/L TA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796554641658,"sku":"SCH20PGRANGEN","price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitPinotGrisGrandCruRangenClosSaint-Theobald2020Organic.jpg?v=1700699523"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-gewurztraminer-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2020","title":"Domaine Schoffit Gewürztraminer Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2020","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gewürztraminer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAgain the terroir is clearly to the fore with the smoky aromas from the volcanic soil overlaying the vibrant varietal intensity. With 40 g\/L of residual sugar, it is neither heavy nor sweet, but shows profound concentration and captivating minerality, finishing with pinpoint balance and freshness. Absolutely remarkable wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e14.1 % Alc\/Vol; 44 g\/L RS: 3.6 g\/L TA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796556771578,"sku":"SCH20GWTZRANGEN","price":138.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitGewurztraminerGrandCruRangenClosSaint-Theobald2020Organic.jpg?v=1700699075"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-vendanges-tardives-2020","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' Vendanges Tardives 2015","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eThis intense and complex late harvest Riesling beautifully offsets its 63 g\/L of residual sugar with plenty of racy acidity, to highlight its depth of flavour and finish with pinpoint balance.\u003cbr\u003e12.3 % Alc\/vol; 63 g\/L RS; 5.7 g\/L TA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The nose is still closed but already gives glimpses of citrus zestiness. The palate is a riot of both fresh and candied peel, think Seville orange, tangerine and Meyer lemon. The zesty freshness of the citrus fruit always has the upper hand on this energetic, exuberant late harvest wine and counters the residual sweetness perfectly. Killer acidity and utter concentration create a magnetic, delicious, age-worthy wine. The finish is off dry and refreshing, with a sweetish glint here and there. Drink 2017–2040 at least.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Wine Enthusiast, December 2017.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796573942010,"sku":"SCH15VTRIESLING","price":148.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitRieslingGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldVendangesTardives2015Organic.jpg?v=1700699608"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-pinot-gris-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-vendanges-tardives-2015","title":"Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' Vendanges Tardives 2015","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Gris\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThis remarkable wine finishes with over 70 g\/L of residual sugar yet finishes almost dry and has such powerful terroir character that drives the wine from start of aromas which hold some smoky fruit notes together with a clear signature of the schist terroir through to the very long finish.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.3 % Alc\/Vol; 71 g\/L RS; 5.2 g\/L TA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRight now this is still shy on the nose. There is a glint of pear peel and Mirabelle, plus a suggestion of smoke. The palate is equally shy as the principal sensation is that of wonderfully tangy texture, fresh concentrated acidity and balanced sweetness right now. This needs time to develop its undoubtedly rich flavors. The balance is impeccable. Immense power and lasting strength lie at the core of this monumental wine. This is made to last and should be given time in the cellar. Drink 2025–2050.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Wine Enthusiast, December 2017.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796598223098,"sku":"SCH15VTGRIS","price":165.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitPinotGrisGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldVendangesTardives2015Organic.jpg?v=1700699550"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-gewurztraminer-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-vendanges-tardives-2018","title":"Domaine Schoffit Gewürztraminer Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' Vendanges Tardives 2018","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gewürztraminer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘For a gewurztraminer of this luscious category this has enormous structure, the fine tannins, subtle spice and crushed rock minerality easily mastering the full body and driving the long, creamy and salty finish. With a little aeration a delicate rose-petal aroma develops and the turkish-delight note on the palate is accentuated. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e96 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e13.6 % Alc\/Vol; 88 g\/L RS: 3.5 g\/L TA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796603597050,"sku":"SCH18VTGWTZ","price":165.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitGewurztraminerGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldVendangesTardives2018Organic.jpg?v=1700699189"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2018-1-5-litre","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2018 1.5 Litre","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eRiesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2018 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length.\u003cbr\u003e13.9 % alc\/vol; 3.5 g\/L RS; 5.5 g\/L TA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e'A truly staggering dry riesling, whose expansive frame is packed with fresh-pineapple, smoky and floral aromas. Gigantic mineral complexity in this simultaneously succulent and subtle package, with an intensely salty finale that focuses to a single point. Only just beginning to give its best! Drink or hold.'\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44796619391226,"sku":"SCH18MAGRRANGEN","price":207.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitRieslingGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldNVOrganic.jpg?v=1700699571"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-cremant-dalsace-nv","title":"Domaine Schoffit Crémant d'Alsace Extra Brut NV","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e60 % Auxerrois, 20% Pinot Blanc, 20% Pinot Gris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e60 % Auxerrois, 20% Pinot Blanc and 20% Pinot Gris, from the 2019 vintage and matured for 3 years on lees \u003cem\u003esur lattes \u003c\/em\u003eand disgorged in November 2022. Dry and vinous on the palate and fresh and lively, a perfect aperitif style with very fine and persistent mousse. The exceptional freshness and acidity make this very more-ish.\u003cbr\u003e12.9 % Alc\/Vol; 3.3 g\/L RS; 7.6 g\/L TA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44799834783994,"sku":"SCHCREMANT","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitCremantd_AlsaceNVOrganic.jpg?v=1700699027"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-grand-cru-sommerberg-2022","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg 2022","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis tiny cuvee is very rarely found as it comes from 0.2 ha of vines planted in the late 1970s at the top of the prime \u003cem\u003eEichberg\u003c\/em\u003e part of the original Sommerberg Grand cru. The wine shows crystalline minerality and purity with real breadth of fruit, staining the palate, all the while remaining sharp and focused with outstanding freshness. Sommerberg, particularly the famed E (\u003cem\u003eEichberg\u003c\/em\u003e) is simply one of the very best Grand Crus in Alsace. Thank you to Alexandre for making this available to us; he usually retains it for his loyal cellar-door customers.\u003cbr\u003e13.5 % Alc\/Vol; 6.5 g\/L TA; 3.3 g\/L RS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The 2022 Riesling Sommerberg Grand cru is grown on pure granite at the top of the Sommerberg, in a little amphitheater in the lieu-dit Sommerberg itself. The wines is surprisingly pale. A gorgeous conifer note is subtle on the nose but easily reaches the sinuses. It is so delicious. The palate is gorgeously strait-laced, absolutely stony, naked, unbuffered, hair-raising and exciting. This is so stony and precise, crystalline, in fact. Acidity is milder than ususal, but the stoniness and the arrow-like nature are exactly what I expect. (Bone dry).’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073003241722,"sku":"SCH22SOMMERBERG","price":118.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/Schoffit_Riesling_Grand_Cru_Sommerberg_2022_Organic.jpg?v=1737610495"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2022","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2022","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eRiesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2020 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.5 % Alc\/Vol; 4.1 g\/L RS; 6.4 g\/L TA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The 2022 Riesling Rangen Clos Saint Theobold Grand cru is from a parcel in the midslope of the Rangen, picked from vinesbetween 40-45 years old. The nose has immense clarity of the brightest citrus. The palate is totally taut, still raw almost, but displaying clarity, precision and wonderful concentration that tingles with all monner of citrus zest, spanning lemon, bergamot and aromatic tangerine. Exquisite density shows beautiful ripeness and serene smoothness, despite all the stone. wonderfully complete, without a touch of heat despite what Schoffit calls, rightly, a “violent warm” terroir. The 2022 is a pure wines of stone and tingling, aromatic citrus zest. (Bone dry).’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous Media, January 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The 2022 Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald is from 50+-years-old vines in the clos that includes the upper plots of Schoffit's regular Rangen. The nose is very pure yet very intense as well, offering the classic flintiness and iodine notes combined with fully ripe, bright, elegant and intense, spicy-scented fruit. Full-bodied, round and rich on the palate, this is a generous, powerful and textured yet always elegant and saline Riesling with some grams of residual sugar (4.1 grams per liter) yet the richness of old vines and their mineral, expression as well. This is a superb Rangen Riesling that Alexandre describes as \"one of the best we ever did.\" The finish is in fact very long, intense and seriously structured and provided with persistent salinity. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024.’\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156618559738,"sku":"SCH22RRANGEN","price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitRieslingGrandCruRangenClosSaint-Theobald2020Organic.jpg?v=1700699589"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-gewurztraminer-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-2022","title":"Domaine Schoffit Gewürztraminer Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' 2022","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gewürztraminer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarrying 23 g\/L residual sugar this remarkable wine once again carries the terroir clearly at the fore with the smoky aromas from the volcanic terroir overlaying the varietal intensity. Not heavy or sweet this wine has such remarkable acidity and minerality it had us salivating such was the remarkable balance and freshness. Absolutely remarkable wine.\u003cbr\u003e14.3 % Alc\/Vol; 4.0 g\/L TA; 25 g\/L RS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The 2022 Gewurztraminer Rangen Clos Saint Théobald Grand Cru is from parcels in the lower and mid reaches of the Rangen. It comes with lovely honeysuckle, tangerine peel and an overtone of rose. The palate is rounded and robust, channeling rose oil on a stony palate. It opens into the fresh, crushed flesh of ripe yellow peach, edged with vivid zestiness, blood orange peel and an exquisite, lovely, mouthwatering, pithy bitterness. This is what makes the wine, what gives it structure and depth. This is intense but toned, gorgeous, prolonged, and off-dry with 23 g\/L of residual sweetness. (Off-Dry)’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous Media, January 2024.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47221883044090,"sku":"SCH22GWTZRANGEN","price":138.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitGewurztraminerGrandCruRangenClosSaint-Theobald2020Organic.jpg?v=1700699075"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-riesling-lieu-dit-harth-tradition-2024","title":"Domaine Schoffit Riesling Lieu-Dit Harth 'Tradition' 2024","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riesling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eVery dry wine from the low yieding 2024 vintage with just 4 g\/L residual sugar. From old well established vines in the Harth lieu-dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess.\u003cbr\u003e13.9 % Alc\/Vol; 4.3 g\/L RS; 7.5 g\/L TA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe 2024 Riesling Lieu-Dit Harth is from the clay-rich, sandy gravels of the Mittelharth on Colmar's plain. Ripeness of aromatic, juicy Mirabelle is apparent from the off. It is concentrated but that may be down to the tiny yields after the frost and the oldest vines had very ripe fruit. The palate is beautifully rounded, absolutely juicy and ripe with exquisite Mirabelle fruit, wrapped in freshness that is like adding citrus zest to the juicy ripeness of the pristine fruit. It strikes a very natural balance and has a lot of mouthfeel and fill. (Bone-dry). Drink 2026-2056.’  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" width=\"224\" height=\"115\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732212625658,"sku":"SCH24HARTHRIES","price":54.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitRieslingLieu-ditHarthTraditionNVOrganic.jpg?v=1700699624"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-pinot-gris-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-vendanges-tardives-2019","title":"Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' Vendanges Tardives 2019","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Gris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eAlmost SGN in ripeness and sugar weight this wine is remarkably fresh fine and precise without any heaviness. Effortless in its pure expression and perfect balance. A stunning success and very moreish.\u003cbr\u003e13.5 % Alc\/Vol; 85 g\/L RS; 5.1 g\/L TA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(133, 41, 133);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis has so much super-ripe stone-fruit and floral-honey character at the front that it feels like you are bathed in sunlight, but then you step into the wine and it is like entering a cave that extends far under the surface of the earth. Staggering interplay of enormous ripeness with profound crushed-stone character, plus a hint of mushroom. Super-long finish that's straight and strict. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(133, 41, 133);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732246343930,"sku":"SCH19VTGRIS","price":172.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitPinotGrisGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldVendangesTardives2015Organic.jpg?v=1700699550"},{"product_id":"domaine-schoffit-pinot-gris-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-selection-de-grains-nobles-2011-375ml","title":"Domaine Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen 'Clos St Théobald' Selection de Grains Nobles 2011 375mL","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Organic\u003cbr\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Gris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e France, Alsace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alsace Grand Cru\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe name literally means \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etear of lava\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and this remarkably concentrated nectar is made from selecting the very best noble rot berries one by one to produce this incredibly pure intense exotic wine which while tasting like essence also retains acidity and vitality with waves of exotic fruit and smoky cold tea aromas adding complexity to the incredibly long clean finish. This is still remarkably fresh and all the sweeter VT + SGN wines from Rangen by the Schoffit family show remarkable vitality and verve and give the impression they will age very gracefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.5 % Alc\/Vol; 425 g\/L RS; 11.8 g\/L TA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(133, 41, 133);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003cem id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1776809748623_14625\"\u003eThe amber colored 2001 Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald Sélection de Grains Nobles Larme de Lave is a 100% botrytis wine whose berries were selected one by one. The bouquet is deep, fresh and spicy, very mineral and complex, far beyond just fruit flavors, with tarte tartin but also flinty, peppery, muscat and nougat aromas. Great purity. On the palate this is a very viscous, velvety, sweet and generous wine that is concentrated and generous, almost like an Escencia. The fruit is very clear, elegant and fresh; the wine is extremely elegant and perfectly balanced. It has been bottled with 4.5% alcohol, 450 grams of residual sugar and 9.1 grams of total acidity. 1,600 0.5-liter bottles produced. 500 are still in the cellar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(133, 41, 133);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e’  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9\u003cstrong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1776809748623_14633\"\u003e8 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, March 2017.\u003cbr\u003e98 points, La Revue du Vin de France, Guide Vert 2006\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"115\" width=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitLogoonTransparent2-1_480x480.png?v=1700617216\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Grand Cru wines of Bernhard Schoffit are World Class wines. They are always rich but never heavy, and combine a full body with genuine varietal and terroir character.Bernard Schoffit made a historic contribution when he, after years of negotiations, bought 6.5 of the 18.8 ha of the southern-most Grand Cru of Alsace, the volcanic Rangen. At that time, the vineyards were neglected and mismanaged. Today, it is a vineyard on par with the likes of Montrachet and Chambertin.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlsace-wine.net\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003eBernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAtogether, Rangen represents about 1\/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2\/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSchoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the \u003cspan\u003elargest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht.\u003c\/span\u003e Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’\u003c\/strong\u003e with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eToday, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar and Niedermorschwihr as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvery time I taste great wines from the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRangen de Thann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLéonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eZind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since than to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #752575;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732272132346,"sku":"SCH01SGNHALFGRISLarmes","price":355.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/SchoffitPinotGrisGrandCruRangenClosSaint-TheobaldVendangesTardives2015Organic.jpg?v=1700699550"}],"url":"https:\/\/buzzwines.com\/collections\/domaine-schoffit\/half.oembed","provider":"Buzz Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}