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Discovered in April 2007 during a trip in Alsace, the vineyard domaine KLUR Clément situated in Katzenthal, right next to Colmar. Their products are now available in Quebec through private importation. For those who are not familiar with the region, most of the production is white wine. Many big varieties are cultivated such as the pinot gris, the pinot noir, the gewurztraminer, the pinot blanc and of course the riesling. They are transformed into wine in various ways : dry, late harvests, and noble seeds ( the SGN is they sweetest). Even in the dry wines there can be a few grams of residual sugar. What makes the purchase of these wines a bit cimplicated is that unless you know the domain well, it is difficult to distinguish if you are buying a dry "dry" wine or a dry "tender" wine. The wines of Francine and Clément Klur are dry across the whole spectrum. For those who know the region, we can say that the style resembles that of Trimbach. In the hierarchy of their wines, the range Katz is at the bottom of the ladder, followed by the range Klur and finally the crus Sommerberg and Wineck-Schlossberg. In addition, all of the vines are culitivated by methods of biodynamics and organic agriculture.
Bien droit ! I fyou want to learn how to recognize the riesling of Clément Klur, this wine is perfect. In the nose, frank aromas of citrus and green apple dominate, supported by presence of minerals. A bit of coniferous, type cedar, completes. The frank savours remind you of the aromas. The mouth is straight and tensed because of the slicing acidity. This riesling has a beautiful coherence. too many wines try to be larger than nature today. This makes them unbalanced. It is reassuring to see wines such as this one, an entry wine, amusingly well-made,that doesn't try to pass itself off as a great wine at double the price. The wines from this domain are available from Importations Syl-vins. Extract from the Blog of wine of Yannick Poirié http://web.mac.com/poiriery/1001_VINS
façons : sec, vendanges tardives et sélections de grains nobles ( la SGN étant la plus sucrée ). Même dans les secs, il peut y avoir quelques grammes de sucre résiduel. Ce qui rend l’achat de ces vins un peu compliqué car à moins de connaître le style du producteur et la nature de leurs sols, il est presque impossible de savoir si on achète un vin sec “sec” ou sec “tendre”. Les vins de Francine et Clément Klur sont secs. De l’entrée de gamme jusqu’au crus. Pour ceux qui connaissent cette région, on pourrait dire que leurs vins sont plus du style Trimbach. Dans la hiérarchie de leurs vins, la gamme Katz se trouvent au bas de l’échelle, suit ensuite la gamme Klur et tout en haut les crus Sommerberg et Wineck-Schlossberg. De plus, toutes leurs vignes sont cultivées selon les méthodes de la biodynamie.
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