Weinbach Alsace Les Caracoles Pinot Gris 2021 chateau-lanessan Oak supports in the background

Oak supports in the background

Vines planted in 1906

Amazingly well balanced and absolutely bone dry

This shows that

limestone and galet soils of Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (in the valley of Balouvière)

Weinbach Alsace Les Caracoles Pinot Gris 2021 chateau-lanessan Oak supports in the backgroundBiodynamic. Previously known as Pinot Gris Ste. Catherine, this Pinot Gris is now named after its vineyards ancient cadastral name, Les Caracoles, which lies in the Schnackator lieu dit below Altenbourg. Schnackator translates as the snails gate, a name perhaps linked to the snail shaped fossils that run through the vineyards limestone soils. It is just underneath the Altenbourg on clay and limestone and the vines are 40 50 years old. The Fallers note