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Valentin Zusslin Riesling Clos Liebenberg Monopole Alsace 2016

Valentin Zusslin Riesling Clos Liebenberg Monopole Alsace 2016

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(Wine Advocate Score 92) The 2016 Riesling Clos Liebenberg Monopole shows intense yet pure and elegant fruit aromas of crushed stones (limestone notes again) and dried apricots and mirabelles with a piquant terroir. On the palate, this is a medium-bodied and rather creamy, less tensioned Riesling compared to 2015 and even 2014. The wine is delicate and reveals a certain mineral grip and salinity, but it doesn't reach the heights of its neighbors. This is pretty pure and acidic. Tasted in May 2020.
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Monopoly of the Domaine Valentin Zusslin, the Clos Liebenberg is a group of plots of almost 4 ha, located on top of the Pfingstberg hill. The Clos Liebenberg is surrounded by wild hedges, stone walls and forest. It has a South-East orientation.

This terroir is the highest of the winery, at around 380 meters high. It offers a breathtaking view on the alsacian plain, he Black Forest and the Swizz Alps when the weather is clear.

Ground here is made of marl and sandstone. Surrounding forest helps to keep a good amount of water during the whole season and temperature are a bit lower compared to our other terroirs. Temperatures between day and night are quite important, which helps vines to increase the grapes acidity, their ripeness and their overall balance.

Clos Liebenberg’s wines have a tension and a distinctable elegance, typical of cool sandstone terroirs.

Completely away from all the other surrounding plots, we’ve tried our best to create here a total biodiversity and where biodynamic farming goes as far as possible.

Since 2008, a flock of sheep wander around the Clos during winter ; we’ve planted trees and orchard in and around the plots ; Sésame, our horse, helps us to plow during the season ; bee hives are installed during the spring and summer ; birdhouses and bat-houses have been installed in and around the rows to bring a natural predation against pests and bugs. All this together helps us to enjoy a lively place, full of good vibrations and energies that we are trying to express in our bottles through a minimalist vinification.

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