Wine Review: Josmeyer Grand Cru Brand Pinot Gris 2001 – Can a 24 Year-Old White Wine be Any Good?

In this video I taste a fully mature Alsace Grand Cru Pinot Gris. This is the first of six bottles of wine that I brought back with me to New Zealand from England in my VinGardeValise, following my recent trip. One of my purposes for sharing the video is therefore to demonstrate the wines are still in perfect condition following shipping. The Josmeyer Grand Cru Brand Pinot Gris 2001, already being 24 years old is potentially very delicate, but does not seem to have suffered at all – see what you think?

Josmeyer are a notable domaine in the French wine region of Alsace. Established in 1963 by Hubert Meyer with the Meyer family’s négociant business dating back to 1854. The domaine is best known for its Artist Series collection and Grand Cru wines from the Brand and Hengst vineyards.

The estate is located in the Haut-Rhin in Wintzenheim, near Colmar, and consists of 28 hectares of vineyards. Here, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer are planted on a range of diverse soil types, from granite laced with black mica and gneiss in the Brand vineyard to limestone mixed with chalky marl in Hengst.

Fruit is hand-harvested, the bunches are pressed in a pneumatic press and settled prior to fermentation with indigenous yeasts, in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation is finished in large oak foudres. The wines are then racked and then age on their lees in old oak casks.

Josmeyer have a varied wine portfolio, covering wines right across the price spectrum. The artist series, initiated by Jean Meyer in 1987, includes single varietal white wines that are expressive of their variety. Each wine has a label that depicts the wine as imagined by a recognised Alsatian artist.

Varietal Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris wines are produced from Josmeyer’s two Grand Cru vineyards. Vine-age these vineyards averages around 40 years old and in the best years they produce fruit suitable for crafting Vendange Tardive and Sélection de Grains Nobles wines.

Today, the company remains within the Meyer family, management resting with Jean’s daughters Céline and Isabelle.

To find out more about this wine, its price and where to purchase it follow this link to the Wine-Searcher website: https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/josmeyer+pinot+gris+brand+alsace+grand+cru+france/2001

▶️ CHAPTERS:
0:00 Josmeyer Grand Cru Brand Pinot Gris 2001 wine label
0:20 Can a white wine really age for 24 years?
0:31 Has shipping from England affected the wine?
0:55 Josmeyer background and history
1:23 Current management of the estate
1:48 Conversion to organic and biodynamic viticulture
2:07 The estate’s wine range
2:26 Diversity of soil types
2:49 Artist series wines
3:18 Grand Crus
3:35 Grand Cru Brand
5:10 Vine age
5:29 Soil culture
5:47 2001 vintage
6:49 Winemaking
7:29 Ageing
7:45 Drinking window
7:55 How will the wine age?
8:20 TASTING – Appearance
8:40 Aromas
9:49 Palate
11:34 Conclusions
12:09 Score
12:35 Has the wine suffered as a result of shipping in a suitcase?
13:12 Closing remarks, thanks and sign-off

This video has been made as part of a partnership with Foster VGV the producers of the VinGardeValise.

To buy this suitcase online follow this link to the VGV website: https://vingardevalise.com/products/12-bottle-wine-luggage-vingardevalise

To find out more about the producer and to see their other wine travel essentials follow this link to the VGV website: https://vingardevalise.com/

REMEMBER if you do buy anything, make sure you use the code DAVID20 at checkout and receive a 20% discount off all items purchased.

▶️ follow this link to my video from the Wine Voices Channel tasting tasting Josmeyer Alsace Pinot Gris 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZc7U2hSMw0

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