- Producer
- Hunter McKirdy
- Grape variety
- Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder)
- Region
- Elsass
- Country
- France
- Vintage
- 2023
- Alcohol
- 12.5 % vol
- Volume
- 0.75 l
- Item no.
- 9990007257
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Le Bois des Ormes 2023
Le Bois des Ormes 2023 is a single-varietal Pinot Noir from Zellenberg in Alsace, grown on Jurassic limestone-marl soils and deliberately bottled as Vin de France.
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About this wine
Character
A Pinot Noir built on tension rather than weight. Picking begins as soon as the pH reaches 3.2, not when the potential alcohol level is right. The result is 12.5% vol. and an acid structure that keeps the wine upright. Pale, translucent, linear.
Terroir and origin
The plots lie in Zellenberg between Riquewihr and Ribeauvillé, acquired from Marc Tempé. Across 3.5 hectares of Jurassic limestone-marl grow 14,000 vines per hectare, farmed entirely by hand. The estate's poetic wine names tell the story of the landscape and its history.
Grape variety and vinification
Single-varietal Pinot Noir from vines averaging 45 years of age. The grapes are pressed for eight to ten hours in a hydraulic wooden press, a technique from Champagne that Paul McKirdy refined over fourteen years as cellar master at Zind-Humbrecht. The must ferments spontaneously in old Burgundy barrels, with no added sulphur and no oenological aids.
On the palate
Juicy wild strawberry and sour cherry, followed by an earthy note and fine spice. The tannin is both firm and silky, while the acidity keeps the fruit lean and the finish fresh. Oak flavours stay in the background.
Food recommendations
With duck breast cooked pink, braised pheasant, or quickly seared veal fillet. Equally good with wild mushroom dishes, a quail galantine, or, lightly chilled, with coq au vin.
Special features
Jolene Hunter and Paul McKirdy have been working under their own name since 2023. They bottle their wines in Burgundy bottles rather than Alsace flutes and declare them as Vin de France, since they consider the regional AOC too restrictive. Production is capped at a maximum of 25,000 bottles per year.
