RKS 2024 Wine: Giersberger Crémant d’Alsace

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Made with 80% Pinot Gris and 20% Auxerrois. While Pinot Gris is a permitted grape for Champagne Auxerrois is not.

Aroma: Pear, applesauce, Granny Smith apple, mango and peach.

Palate: Crisp and cutting. Granny Smith apple, kiwi, ginger with a hint of bitterness.

Personality: I can’t say I am elegant as I may come on a bit strong but I do the job a sparkling wine can do made by the traditional method. In other words I am made the same way that Champagne is but I can’t call myself Champagne!

Food Match: Food is not essential with a Crémant. Goes well with seafood particularly oysters.

Price: $ 19.25 CDN (Ontario).

Cellarbility: Drink by 2024-year end.

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 86/100: Decanter World Wine Awards 90.

(Giersberger Crémant d’Alsace, NV, Cave de Ribeauville, France, 750 mL, 12%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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