L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer 2022
HK$ 365.70
8 for immediate shipment
Features
Type of wine
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Appellation
Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Free-run alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, whole bunches of grapes and 10 days skin maceration. Aged for 9 months in stainless steel tanks. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and without added sulphites.
Description
In the Jura, where the vineyard is worked more by listening than by control, Alice Bouvot - the creative force behind L'Octavin - has been blurring the boundaries between the natural and the metaphysical for years. In L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer, she dares to cross regions, styles and expectations with a bold gesture: vinifying an Alsatian Gewürztraminer under her radically Jurassienne gaze. The grapes come from the Domaine de Marc Humbrecht, in Alsace, cultivated biodynamically, under a sensitive and vitalist viticulture that fits with Alice's philosophy as a natural extension of her practice.
Harvested by hand and transported in small crates to the Jura, these grapes found a new language at L'Octavin. Alice did not seek to correct, make-up or interpret: she simply let the wine happen. This is how L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer was born, a Gewürztraminer that does not want to please, but to awaken.
Winemaking
On arrival, the whole bunches were macerated for 10 days, a process that provided structure and complexity, without diluting the aromatic essence of the variety. Fermentation was spontaneous, guided only by the indigenous yeasts and the internal rhythm of the must. No filtration, no chaptalisation, no addition of sulphites : L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer is bottled as it is, with all its edges, textures and tensions intact. The wine rested in stainless steel tanks until bottling in May, without intervention.
This is not a natural "school" wine; it is rather a wild, intuitive wine, as if it had been made by listening to what the grapes were asking for.
Taste
The nose of L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer is a beautiful trap. Recognisable notes appear: dried rose, lychee, citrus rind, sweet spices, but immediately tighten up with an earthy background and a subtle smoky, almost incense-like note. Nothing is obvious. Everything is contained, vibrating at a lower frequency.
On the palate, L'Octavin Cigogne unfolds with texture. There is a fine web of tannins that gives it weight and depth, but without overshadowing its agility. The acidity is not sharp, but persistent, marked by a discreet salinity that cleanses the palate and sustains the finish. As it evolves in the glass, nuances of ginger, bitter orange peel, and a dry vegetal echo, like tea or alpine herbs, emerge.
L'Octavin Cigogne Gewürztraminer is a free, almost subversive interpretation of Gewürztraminer. A wine that migrates between identities, refusing to be domesticated, and which offers a raw, vibrant and deeply honest experience.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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