Jean-Marie Haag

Mike Ritchie MW

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Jean-Marie Haag and his wife Myriam have been in charge since the 1980s, and are the latest in line of one of the oldest winemaking families in the Alsace region. They are located in the village of Soultzmatt, 20 kms from Colmar. Climate-wise, there is the advantage of the rain shadow of the Vosges mountains to the West, protecting their sunny and sheltered Vallée Noble terroir where the Haag family have their own vineyards. Not least, they have a portion of the prestigious Grand Cru site Zinnkoepfle, with its favourable South-facing aspect and expressive chalk and sandstone soils. Here they produce very fine Riesling and Gewurztraminer wines from a superb site. The Haag family have been exponents of Terra Vitis (responsible viticulture) for over 30 years, as well as HVE (high environmental value). Grapes are all hand-harvested and processed as whole bunches. Winemaking is traditional but precise, with long, cool fermentations in a combination of cement tanks, big old oak cuvées, and stainless steel. Varietal precision and aromatic intensity describe the wine range succinctly.

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Yuri Nemkov, Flat Three

I have received my first delivery of this wine and tasted it with my colleagues. The wine is pale lemon colour with medium intensity and greenish hues on the rim, it also has medium intensity on the nose with flavours of lemon, peach, ginger and pineapple; a whiff of minerality can be sensed too reminiscent of wet pebbles and notes of petroleum peeking through showing development and adding complexity to the wine. On the palate the wine is dry with eye wincing acidity balancing the intensity of the flavour which generally confirms the nose with lemon, but also pink grapefruit, ripe peach, a pinch of crushed ginger stem, slice of pineapple and green juicy Granny Smith apples are present. This Riesling has impresively long lingering finish with strong mineral undertone.

17.10.2019