Tokay Pinot Gris
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, roasted pork with apples, Munster cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Richly tied to Alsatian history, the name 'Tokay Pinot Gris' recalls the legendary tale of Baron Lazarus von Schwendi, who allegedly brought vines back from the Hungarian town of Tokaj after fighting the Turks in the 16th century. While modern ampelography proved the grape was actually Pinot Gris from Burgundy, the historic name persisted in Alsace for centuries. Domaine Rolly Gassmann's expression of this grape is legendary. Sourced from the complex, mosaic-like clay-limestone soils of Rorschwihr, the wine undergoes exceptionally slow, cool fermentations using indigenous yeasts. Pierre Gassmann's signature style embraces a touch of natural residual sweetness, perfectly balanced by a spine of vibrant acidity and deep mineral structure. True to the domaine's patient philosophy, these wines are aged extensively in their cellars, emerging as texturally opulent, multi-layered masterpieces.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12.5-14%