Region:  Niedermorschwihr, Alsace

Appellation:  Crémant d'Alsace AOC

Varietal/Blend:  Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois w 20% Pinot Noir

Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic estate vineyards (certified for over twenty years). Precision-farmed entirely by hand. Vines as old as eighty years, only replanted (with selection massale) on an individual basis as needed. Boxler always harvests when the fruit reaches its own natural maturity (resisting the trend to pick earlier to guarantee fully dry ferments) and may therefore contain some degree of residual sugar in the final wine, depending on the vintage. No fertilizing, ever.

The Crémant's fruit hails from estate vineyards outside the surrounding the domaine's home village of Niedermorschwihr, located at over 300m above sea level.

Cellar: Hand sorted fruit goes into one of three pneumatic presses for an obsessively careful pressing that can last from four to twelve hours, fractioning out various pressures to blend back in or omit from each wine according to its needs. The juice is then patiently cold-settled before being racked (gravity-fed) into stainless steel for its initial ferment before blending and bottling for the second fermentation sur lattes in the methode champenois. The second fermentation and rest period lasts at least 24-30 months at which time the wine is riddled by hand, disgorged, and receives a dosage of 3g or less (though it is always labelled simply as Brut).

CSPC:  128366

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