2024 Domaine Schoffit Pinot Noir Vendange Entiere Vieilles Vignes, Alsace, France Intrigu The élevage typically lasts 10–12

The élevage typically lasts 10–12 months

The vines—now around 40 years old—are grown on clay-limestone soils and farmed organically

The aftertaste is still quite tart and sharp but will round off at the edges with a year or two of bottle aging

lemon balm…

Subsequent aging in steel tank until spring

2024 Domaine Schoffit Pinot Noir Vendange Entiere Vieilles Vignes, Alsace, France Intrigu The élevage typically lasts 10–12Bernard Schoffit is a brilliant pioneer in Alsaces greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernards father, Robert at 10 hectares, is situated near Colmar. 25 years ago, Bernard, then still very young, embarked on an ambitious program of buying land in Rangen, around the Clos St. Theobold. Totaling nearly 6. 5 hectares, a good part of it had been abandoned because it was too steep to work. Through sheer determination and ambition,