Medaille Gewurztraminer
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Munster cheese, Thai green curry with coconut milk, duck breast with spiced plum sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from foothill vineyard parcels spanning clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils on the lower slopes near the southern gateway of Alsace, this cuvée captures the aromatic opulence typical of Gewurztraminer grown under the rain-shadow of the southern Vosges. Hand-harvested fruit undergoes gentle pneumatic pressing followed by temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel to retain primary aromatic intensity without wood influence. Maturation proceeds on fine lees in inert vats to build mid-palate texture while preserving exotic floral and spice aromatics.
🍾 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%