Tokay Pinot Gris Rotleibel Rohrschwihr Vendanges Tardives
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, strong blue cheeses, roasted duck with fruit glaze
✨ Technical Specifications
Rolly Gassmann's Tokay Pinot Gris Rotleibel Vendanges Tardives is a masterclass in Alsatian late-harvest winemaking, originating from the historic Rotleibel lieu-dit in Rorschwihr. The name 'Tokay Pinot Gris' pays homage to the historical designation of the grape in Alsace before international agreements restricted the term. The Rotleibel vineyard is characterized by its deep, iron-rich, clay-limestone marl soils, which impart a profound mineral complexity and structural power to the slow-ripening Pinot Gris grapes. Harvested weeks after the main crop to allow for partial botrytis (noble rot) development, the grapes undergo a slow, natural fermentation using indigenous yeasts. True to the estate's signature philosophy, the wine is aged extensively in the cellar before release, allowing its intense sweetness, vibrant acidity, and notes of honeyed stone fruits, smoke, and beeswax to harmonize into a luxurious, texturally opulent masterpiece.
🍾 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
Pinot Gris