2021 Melanie Pfister Cremant D'alsace Blanc De Blancs Extra Brut Alsace

Winemaker Notes: This elegant, bone dry sparkling wine has fine bubbles lending a creamy texture, notes of fresh green apple, lean acidity, and a long finish. The acronym Breit comes from Hangenbriete, the name of the vineyard. Today, the Pfisters consistently make an unusually elegant, perfumed, top-end crémant. The wine rests on its lees for a minimum of twenty-four months (most French crémant, regardless of origin, ages on its lees for about nine months or so). There are three to four disgorgements of a given year’s production, and what you’re drinking could have aged as long as thirty-six months on its lees. Production averages 800 cases annually; dosage is 3-4 grams per liter, making this an extra brut.