Gustave Lorentz - Crémant d'Alsace | French Sparkling Wine

Our « Crémant d'Alsace » meets the very strict production conditions. The grape is picked healthy and whole. After traditional fermentation of the base wine, the second fermentation called “foam creation” takes place in the bottle. After a long period of ageing on lees which gives the Crémant its finesse, our bottles are patiently stirred to gradually tilt them on their end. This operation allows the lees deposits to gather in the neck until the time of bleeding. Each bottle will then be definitively corked.

Making CREMANT D’ALSACE requires very strict conditions of production and continuous care. The grapes are picked healthy (without any trace of rot) carefully set down in the press in the respect of the rules identical to the “Méthode Champenoise”. After the traditional fermentation “Vin de Base” in tanks, it is in the bottle itself that the second fermentation “Prise de mousse” takes place in cool cellars. This natural phenomenon requires careful and patient attention to each bottle. After the two years ageing period “Sur lattes” the bottles are rotated during 4 days, gradually from the horizontal to the vertical position, in order to the yeast deposit to accumulate in the neck of the bottle. At the time of “dégorgement”, the neck of the bottle is frozen and, enclosed in ice, the sediment is ejected by natural pressure and the bottle is corked and wired. The balance and freshness of Gustave Lorentz Crémant d’Alsace Brut comes from the subtle match of three grapes varieties.