Pinot Noir Reserve Millesime
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, roasted pork loin
✨ wine.spec_sheet
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.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1967 through the union of two historic winemaking families with roots in Rorschwihr dating back to 1611 and 1676, Domaine Rolly Gassmann is a benchmark of Alsatian viticulture. Located in the picturesque village of Rorschwihr, Alsace, France, the estate is guided by Pierre Gassmann, who maintains a steadfast commitment to biodynamic principles and meticulous hand-harvesting. The domaine is globally revered for its patient approach to winemaking, utilizing massive cellar capacities to age wines for years—sometimes decades—before commercial release. This philosophy yields remarkably complex, texturally rich white wines, most notably their late-harvest Vendanges Tardives and S lection de Grains Nobles, as well as terroir-specific expressions of Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris from prized parcels like Kappelweg, Silberberg, and Oberer Weingarten.