Domaine Xavier Muller Signature Cuvée Emile 2020 AOC Alsace Sylvaner

 

The wine was awarded in  Mondial Des Vins Blancs Strasbourg 2023 as the Best white wine with “Le Grand Prix du Jury”.

Let’s meet the “Domaine Xavier Muller”.

The Muller family owns vineyards (2 ha), SINCE 1960 and is a grape seller.
From 1960 to 1980 the farm was mainly a mixed cropping farm, livestock, dairy cows, cereals (wheat, maize) and tobacco.

During this period, the family also bought 3 ha of vines, located in the current Grand Cru Steinklotz.

In 1980 the family ceased the mixed cropping part, apart from cereals (25 ha) and increased the viticulture part following a consolidation on the heights of the hill.
Xavier Léon Muller, whose family descends from millers who settled until the end of the 19th century in the Kronthal valley, acquired the Thomanns Muehle with the support of his father Alphonse Muller and his uncle Xavier Muller.

Nowadays the  winemaker Xavier Muller operates more than 25 ha of the vineyard, spread over the entire hill overlooking Marlenheim, from Koenig in the East (a place that transmits the memory of the Merovingians who resided here in the sixth century) to Sand in the West (the only sandstone section), including 10 ha of Grand Cru Steinklotz.

Respecting the Alsatian tradition, the winemaker Xavier Muller presented during the prestigious Mondial Des Vins Blancs Strasbourg the fine white sweet Sylvaner Signature Cuvée Emile 2020.

 

 

We tasted in Greece, and we present it to you:

A delicious Sylvaner 100% from clay and limestones soils.

The wine remained in fine lees for about six months in steel barrel.

Tasting notes: 

Colour: Pale yellow color

Condition: Clear, medium intense

Sweetness: 68 g/l.

Nose: The nose with primary aromas of apple, pear, lemon and secondary aromas of fresh herbs, fresh hay, undergrowth, mushroom

Body: The palate is unctuous and quickly counter balanced by a freshness a little behind that allows us to appreciate all the finesse of the wine. Alcohol: 12.3% vol

Mineral finish reminiscent of the Clay-Limestone terroir.

Quality: Excellent

Drink: Now and with ageing potential

Operating temperature: 8°-10°C

Capacity: 50 cl

This elegant dessert wine is ideal pairing with: Fresh salads with tropical fruits, apricot tarte, foie gras, smoky cheeses.

 Tasted & Evaluated with 95/100