Chateau Ollwiller Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 2–5 years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roast duck breast with cherry reduction, pan-seared pork tenderloin, or mild semi-firm cheeses like Tomme d'Alsace.
✨ Technical Specifications
Originating from the historic grounds surrounding Château Ollwiller in Wuenheim, this bottling draws on warm, southeastern-exposed slopes featuring a complex interplay of clay, limestone, and sandy gravels. Vinification centers on destemmed fruit subjected to gentle temperature-controlled maceration in stainless steel to extract pure red fruit character and soft tannins, followed by partial aging in oak foudres or neutral barrels to soften the texture while preserving regional freshness.
🍾 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 Noir
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.5%