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Our Tasting Note: A pronounced and fresh nose with lemon citrus and peel, notes of petrol, spices, crushed slatey mineral nuances like petrichor. Medium body, med+ acidity, pronounced palate flavors, more savory and spicy, subtle minerality. Texturally elegant and fresh.  Med+ on the fresh finish, bone dry here too!

Viticulture: Certified organic / Biodynamic
Soil type: limestone soil.
Grapes: Riesling - 55 year old vines
Winemaking: The harvest is 100% manual. The grapes are pressed whole for approximately 6 hours in our pneumatic presses. The settling is natural. Fermentation starts spontaneously with the yeasts from the environment in a small century-old barrel. It is followed by aging on fine lees for several months, until bottling which usually takes place during the summer. Before bottling, the wine is filtered.

The emblematic name of this place called “Drachenloch” means “the Dragon’s cave” in French. It is linked to a legend from Turckheim where a dragon, after fighting the sun, found refuge in this cave. His blood would have fertilized the local soil.

From the Importer: It is from a single parcel in Turckheim. The site has limestone soil, and the wine has a vibrant mineral character, and yellow apple aromas. For two decades this has been my favorite Josmeyer wine. I think it is one of the truly underrated great wines of Alsace.