Domain Marcel Deiss Mambourg 2012
The 2012 Domaine Marcel Deiss Mambourg is an Alsace Grand Cru white wine produced by Domaine Marcel Deiss. This cuvée brings together Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100 and recommends drinking from 2015 to 2032. The publication describes a dry, full-bodied, and powerful white with a complex texture, driven by a saline and mineral expression, vibrant tension, assertive tannins, and a long finish.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Alsace
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Marcel Deiss
- Cuvée
- Mambourg
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Domaine Marcel Deiss
Domaine Marcel Deiss is a family-run estate located in Bergheim, near Ribeauvillé, in Alsace. Founded in 1947, it is now run by Mathieu Deiss with the support of his father, Jean-Michel. Its vineyards are managed using biodynamic methods and are characterised by the interplanting of several grape varieties within a single plot, including on terroirs classified as Premiers Crus and Grands Crus.
- Owner
- Famille Deiss
- Maître de chais
- Mathieu Deiss
- Surface (ha)
- 32.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Deiss family has been established in Alsace for several generations; the estate states that they settled there following the Thirty Years’ War and the province’s annexation by France. Marcel Deiss founded the estate in Bergheim in 1947, after the Second World War. He developed the estate alongside his son André. Jean-Michel Deiss, Marcel’s grandson, subsequently took over the family estate and focused his work on interpreting the wines through the lens of terroir and soil rather than solely through the grape variety. The estate adopted organic farming in 1994, followed by biodynamic practices across all its plots in 1997. Mixed planting – which involves combining several grape varieties within the same plot and harvesting and vinifying them together – became a central principle of the estate’s operations. Mathieu Deiss joined the estate in 2008 and took charge of winemaking. He now runs the estate, with the support of Jean-Michel Deiss.
Mambourg
Mambourg is a dry white wine produced from a field blend of grape varieties from the Pinot family on the eponymous Grand Cru. The estate describes it as a great gastronomic wine, spherical, rich, powerful and complex, marked by its limestone terroir.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The cuvée takes its name from the terroir and the Alsace Grand Cru Mambourg appellation, located in Sigolsheim.
- Style of the cuvée
- Dry, concentrated and full-bodied white wine, with a spherical and tannic structure, combining power, broad acidity, smooth texture and high culinary aptitude.
- Position within the range
- Dry Grand Cru positioned at the top of the terroir range of Domaine Marcel Deiss.
Histoire de la cuvée
Domaine Marcel Deiss explicitly markets Mambourg among its Grands Crus and qualifies this wine as a cuvée on its official fact sheet. It produces it from a complex vineyard combining several grape varieties of the Pinot family on the historical terroir of Mambourg.
