Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili Domaine de Thalie

Domaine de Thalie

Frappato grapes are planted on sandy soils

ten months on lees

selected for the warmer weather and marly soils of Montalcino and planted densely to reduce yields with cover crops of berries

Structured and seriously drinkable

Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili Domaine de ThalieThe Rietsch estate in Alsace has been in the family for seven generations; the land was previously used for tobacco and crops. It was Jean Pierres parents who started cultivating vines in 1970s and handed them on to JP in 1987. The domaine is still very much driven by a family led culture and JP is moving back to a degree of mixed farming, in part to improve the biodiversity of the farm. Vines are raised naturally, with terroir at the heart of the