Eleve en Fut de Chene Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 2–6 years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roast duck breast with cherry reduction, pan-seared pork tenderloin with chanterelles, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from selected Pinot Noir parcels along the sun-exposed sub-Vosgian foothills, this cuvée demonstrates Alsace's evolving mastery of oak-aged red vinification. Destemmed fruit undergoes extended temperature-regulated maceration to extract gentle tannins and anthocyanins from the skins, followed by maturation in French oak barrels (fûts de chêne) for several months. The barrel regime introduces delicate toast, cedar, and subtle spice notes that frame the naturally brisk, red-berried fruit profile typical of the region's semi-continental terroir.
🍾 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
13%