Riesling Reserve Millesime
⏳ Drinking Window
2010 - 2018
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Choucroute garnie, roasted pork loin with apples, mature Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Rolly Gassmann's Riesling Réserve is a sublime testament to the historic terroirs of Rorschwihr, a village whose winemaking legacy dates back to the Carolingian era. Crafted under the meticulous guidance of Pierre Gassmann, this wine is shaped by the complex, multi-layered clay and limestone soils of the region. True to the estate's legendary philosophy of patience, the grapes are harvested at peak ripeness and the resulting wine is aged extensively in their massive cellars before release. This prolonged maturation coaxes out a remarkably texturally rich, off-dry style of Riesling, where vibrant, mineral-driven acidity seamlessly balances a luscious weight, revealing notes of candied citrus, white flowers, and a distinct petrol complexity that only time can bestow.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Rolly Gassmann emerged in 1967 through the marriage of Marie-Thérèse Rolly and Louis Gassmann, unifying two families with winemaking lineages in Alsace dating to 1676 and 1611 respectively. Situated in Rorschwihr along the complex Ribeauvillé fault line, the estate commands over 50 hectares characterized by a mosaic of 21 distinct limestone-dominant subsoil profiles. Opting out of the Alsace Grand Cru hierarchy in favor of expressing traditional historic lieux-dits, current winemaker Pierre Gassmann operates strictly within biodynamic rhythms. The viticultural approach champions late physiological and phenological harvesting, intentionally courting noble rot across micro-parcels. In the cellar, natural fermentations proceed unhurried for four to six months. Celebrated for an obsessive dedication to bottle maturation, Rolly Gassmann stores millions of bottles in a state-of-the-art multi-level cellar before commercial release. The benchmark portfolio spans opulent, long-lived expressions from lieux-dits such as Silberberg, Kappelweg, and Pflaenzerreben, alongside lusciously concentrated Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grapes
Riesling