1999 Muscat Spiegel

Wine Details
Producer

Dirler-Cadé

Place of Origin

France

Bergholtz

Alsace

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Muscat

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Jean-Pierre Dirler is now more or less retired, although he is still active in this family domain. Son Jean, who became instrumental in winemaking with the 1999 vintage, took over in 2000. As some vineyards from Jean father-in-law have reverted back to this domain, the Dirlers now work with 18 hectares. The 1999 vintage featured a rather small crop of grapes, according to Jean, especially in muscat and gewurztraminer, which had problems during flowering (the gewurztraminer was actually picked into November and produced distinctly lighter wines than either 2000 or 1998, according to Jean). The 2000 vintage featured considerable rain during the harvest, and some early gray rot, but by late October, the only botrytis remaining was of the noble persuasion. This vintage has yielded an especially strong set of gewurztraminers.