Pinot Noir Reserve Millesime
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, roasted pork loin
✨ Technical Specifications
Rolly Gassmann's Pinot Noir Reserve Millésimé represents a rare and compelling red expression from an estate world-renowned for its legendary white wines. Grown on the complex, clay-limestone soils of Rorschwihr, this Pinot Noir benefits from a unique local microclimate sheltered by the Vosges Mountains. The Gassmann family applies their signature patient approach to this cuvée, utilizing traditional fermentation followed by extended aging in large, neutral wooden casks to coax out deep, savory complexity and fine-grained tannins. Rich in history, the vineyards of Rorschwihr have been celebrated since the Carolingian era, with medieval charters recording that these hillside parcels once supplied the tables of kings and monasteries. This Reserve bottling honors that ancient heritage, delivering a structured, aromatic, and remarkably age-worthy red that challenges the historically light reputation of Alsatian Pinot Noir.
🍾 About the Producer
Formed in 1967 through the marriage of two historic viticultural lineages whose roots in the region trace back to 1611 and 1676, Domaine Rolly Gassmann is situated in the village of Rorschwihr in Alsace, France. Today managed by Pierre Gassmann and his family, the estate stewards over 50 hectares planted across an intricate mosaic of distinct geological terroirs with a deep commitment to sustainable and biodynamic principles. The domaine is renowned for its patient philosophy of aging wines in bottle for years or even decades prior to commercial release, allowing them to attain remarkable maturity and harmony. They are internationally celebrated for their opulent, off-dry and sweet white wines—most notably expressive Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer cuvées alongside legendary Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir