Charlemagne
Wine Club - 2007 Tastings
Monday 14th May 2007
Alsace - Domaine Bott-Geyl
and Bio-dynamique viticulture
presented by Freddy Price
Alsace is the most beautiful wine region in the old world, with its
mediaeval villages strung along the east-facing slopes of the Vosges
Mountains. The top Rieslings are superb and the Pinot Gris, Muscats and
Gewurztraminers have no rivals - anywhere.
Freddy Price will describe the principles and practice of Bio-Dynamic
viticulture and how it is spreading worldwide. There are now over 30
Bio-Dynamic wine estates in Alsace and Jean-Christophe Bott's wines, from
plain Pinot d'Alsace to the Grands Crus, will illustrate this
inspirational philosophy.
Freddy Price was a wine merchant and importer and has explored most of
the wine regions in the world with his wife Janet, a specialist wine
photographer. He has written articles for Decanter Magazine for many years
and his first book, Riesling Renaissance, with of course Janet's
photographs, was published in 2004.
The line-up includes
Pinot d'Alsace 2004
Pinot Gris 2004 Béblenheim
Muscat d'Alsace 2003 Riquewihr
Gewurztraminer 2003 Béblenheim
Riesling Grafenreben, Lieu-dit 2000
Riesling Mandelberg, Grand Cru 2002
Pinot Gris Sonnenglanz, Grand Cru 1998
Gewurztraminer Sonnenglanz, Grand Cru 1999