Tradition Pinot Gris
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roast pork loin with apple compote, creamy mushroom risotto, or mild washed-rind cheeses such as Munster.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from foothill vineyard parcels spanning clay-limestone and sandstone soils along the sub-Vosgian slopes, this varietal bottling exemplifies the generous, structured character typical of Southern Alsatian terroirs. The fruit undergoes pneumatic pressing followed by slow, temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats to preserve fresh aromatics and varietal identity. Maturation takes place on fine lees over several months without oak influence, yielding a round, textured palate balanced by bright orchard fruit and subtle smoke.
🍾 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 Gris
🍷 ABV
13%