Chateau Ollwiller Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Alsatian tarte flambée (flammekueche), gougères with Gruyère, or pan-seared river trout with lemon butter.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the distinct terroir of Château Ollwiller in Wuenheim, this traditional method Crémant reflects south-facing slopes defined by warming limestone, marl, and sandstone soils. The fruit undergoes gentle pneumatic pressing followed by temperature-controlled primary fermentation in stainless steel vats to preserve crisp aromatics and varietal purity. Secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle, followed by an extended maturation on the fine lees in underground cellars to build a creamy mousse, subtle brioche complexity, and energetic regional tension before disgorgement.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1959 at the southern gateway of the Route des Vins d'Alsace, La Cave du Vieil-Armand takes its name from the legendary Hartmannswillerkopf peak, where local winegrowers united after the devastation of World War I to revive the region's historic slopes. Today, this cooperative unites approximately 75 to 80 winegrowing families managing roughly 150 hectares spread across the sub-Vosgian hills between Cernay and Guebwiller. Viticulture benefits from east-to-south exposures, sheltering Vosges microclimates, and diverse clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils, prominently exemplified in the Grand Cru Ollwiller and the historical Château Ollwiller estate. Farmed under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE 3) guidelines with expanding certified organic parcels, the estate focuses on terroir-driven precision and purity of varietal fruit. Winemaking emphasizes gentle handling and temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification, yielding expressive dry bottlings, classic Crémant d'Alsace, and celebrated, botrytis-affected Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives and Sélections de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois
🍷 ABV
12%