Marcel Deiss - Complantation 2024
The Domaine Marcel Deiss is one of the most unique and respected names in Alsace. Located in Bergheim, at the heart of a great terroir area, the estate has deeply marked the recent history of the vineyard by its defense of complantation. Under the impetus of Jean-Michel Deiss, then Mathieu Deiss, this ancestral approach has become a true philosophy: no longer letting only the grape variety speak, but allowing the place to express its complexity. Complantation consists of associating several varieties in the same plot, then harvesting and vinifying them together. This method promotes biodiversity, natural balance, and a deeper expression of the terroir. Complantation 2024 perfectly embodies this spirit, with a dry Alsatian white, lively and deeply original. It is a cuvée of sharing, accessible in its pleasure, but carrying the entire vision of the estate.
The Complantation 2024 cuvée comes exclusively from the vineyards of Domaine Marcel Deiss and brings together several Alsatian grape varieties planted together. The estate does not seek here to isolate a variety, but to build a balanced wine, where each grape contributes to the texture, freshness, and overall depth. The varieties are grown together, harvested together, pressed together, then vinified patiently and without oenological inputs according to the estate's information. This approach gives a white wine more complex than a simple varietal wine, with a broad, shifting, and deeply Alsatian identity. The 2024 vintage highlights a fresh, fruity, and saline profile, while maintaining a beautiful maturity on the palate. The cuvée stands out for its ability to combine the liveliness of a thirst-quenching wine with the substance of a more gastronomic white. It thus offers an ideal entry point into the Deiss universe, between tradition, freedom, and precision.
In the glass, Marcel Deiss Complantation 2024 reveals a lively and expressive nose, marked by lemon, white flowers, pineapple, and yellow peach. The palate is nervous, fruity, and remarkably balanced, with a beautiful tension from the attack. The wine possesses both fat, salinity, and a sap sensation that gives it depth. The finish remains fresh, dynamic, and very digestible, carried by a delicate minerality and a bright aromatic profile. This dry white will be particularly versatile at the table, equally at ease with cold starters as with more elaborate dishes. It will perfectly accompany fish, seafood, light poultry, roasted vegetables, mildly spiced Asian cuisine, or fresh cheeses. Serve around 10 to 12°C, in a sufficiently open glass, to allow all its aromatic and saline dimension to express itself.
Grape varieties: complantation of Alsatian white grape varieties
