Domaine Jean-Paul Schmitt

Bernd Koppenhöfer

The vineyard "Domaine Jean-Paul Schmitt" is located in the municipality Scherwiller in the French Alsace . It was acquired in 1993 by Jean-Paul Schmitt from his parents. Managing Director, Bernd Koppenhöfer. The south-southeast oriented vineyards include eight hectares on two-thirds of granite flooring. You are on the upper slopes of Mount Ritter, below the 13-century Ortenbourg-century castle. There are cultivated varieties Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Auxerrois, Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Muscat Ottonel. It is practiced consistently near-natural, biological viticulture. By early, manual pruning in late spring significantly reduced the yield (45 hl / ha on average). The wines are in the three lines' position wine Rittersberg "(dry white and red wines)," Reserve Personnel "(wines from up to 60 years old vines), and the sweet-developed" Rittersberg Vendanges Tardives "(late harvest) and" Rittersberg Selection de Grains Nobles "(Beerenauslese) produced.