Rendez-vous... Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 1–3 years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted quail with chanterelles, charcuterie board featuring jambon de pays, pan-seared duck breast with cherry reduction
✨ Technical Specifications
Clay-limestone and sandstone parcels across the southern sub-Vosgian foothills shape this fresh interpretation of Alsace Pinot Noir. The fruit undergoes destemming and a short temperature-controlled maceration in stainless steel vats to highlight crunchy red berry expression while preserving gentle extraction. Maturation takes place in inert tanks without oak intervention, emphasizing varietal purity, crisp acidity, and delicate floral nuances.
🍾 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% - 13.0%