Cuvee du Vieil Armand Gewurztraminer
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Munster cheese, Thai green curry, duck liver terrine
✨ Technical Specifications
Rooted in the southern foothills of the Vosges, this cuvée draws from clay-limestone and sandstone soils that moderate Gewurztraminer's natural richness with vital freshness. Fruit is harvested at optimal aromatic maturity, followed by gentle pneumatic pressing and cool, temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel to preserve delicate terpenes and volatile aromatics. Maturation takes place on fine lees in inert vats without oak influence, yielding an expressive, unctuous profile characterized by exotic floral tones and a classic off-dry balance.
🍾 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
Gewurztraminer
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%