Domaine Albert Mann, Gewurztraminer white wine

Domaine Albert Mann, Gewurztraminer white wineDomaine Albert Mann is part of Alsatian history. This well regarded Alsace domaine is run by two brothers, Maurice and Jacky Barthelm in the village of Wettolsheim, near Colmar. Maurice, who took over here in 1984, is married to the daughter of the late Albert Mann who gave his name to the domaine. Its not a huge operation: they have 24 hectares in all, but five of these are in five different Grand Cru vineyards and a further two are in lieux dits.

I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and I drink it when I am

from Stockwell

to create wines in a modern

Using grapes from selected sites from all over the state and bottling them each under their own label

"The wine most often poured during the flights of the Zeppelin"

along with the ability to control vine vigour by controlling soil moisture

Malandrino representsthe entry level Montepulciano d’Abruzzo for Cataldi Madonna

with the emphasis being on purity of fruit and smooth

tropical-tinged finish

John Duval was given the ëGrangeë torch by Max Schubert and passed it on to his successor when he left Penfolds to start out on his own with the 2003 vintage

breezes from False Bay providing natural “air conditioning” for the vineyards

111 metres above sea level