{"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\/products\/domaine-schoffit-pinot-gris-grand-cru-rangen-clos-st-theobald-selection-de-grains-nobles-2011-375ml","provider":"Buzz Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}