Medaille Sylvaner
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Alsatian choucroute garnie, tarte flambée, or pan-seared freshwater fish with lemon herb butter.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from foothill parcels flanking the southern reaches of the Haut-Rhin, this cuvée highlights Sylvaner grown primarily on sedimentary clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils. Grapes undergo pneumatic pressing followed by static settling and temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel to retain primary aromatics and brisk freshness. Maturation on fine lees in inert tanks preserves the variety's naturally taut acidity, subtle floral lift, and mineral character without any oak intervention.
🍾 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
Sylvaner
🍷 ABV
12%