Visited Domaines Schlumberger in Guebwiller, Alsace ,France on September 20,2017 during my Alsace Wine Route tour to find the best wine tours to recommend to my followers and list on Wine Region Rentals website. We pre-booked the guided tour with Esther Lelievre who also conducted the 2 hours tour.
We were Welcomed by Severine Schlumberger ,one of estate owners and Esther Lelievre our knowledgeable tour guide.
The entire experience from contacting Esther, arranging the tour and taking the tour was excellent !
The tour was conducted highly professional, very informative , educational and tasty.
It consists of general presentation of the over 200 years history , passion of their family estate , the entire process of wine making from growing the grapes in the vineyards to bottling , shipping and ending with a lovely wine tasting.
Domaines Schlumberger is one of the largest Producers in Alsace with 120 hectares of vineyards with 50% of its area planted with Grands Crus. The winery is going through a major renovation/expansion of the Reception and Tasting Room scheduled for completion in 2018.
If you follow the pictures, you will see the grapes pressing tanks, the grape juice fermentation with yeast in 120 temperature controlled barrels (you see also the picture of the biggest barrel that can hold 17,500 litres) when they allow all the sediments to go to the bottom of the barrel, then the wine is collected and transferred in the stainless steel vats, followed by automated bottling, then stored until orders when the bottles are getting labeled and shipped
We were Welcomed by Severine Schlumberger ,one of estate owners and Esther Lelievre our knowledgeable tour guide.
The entire experience from contacting Esther, arranging the tour and taking the tour was excellent !
The tour was conducted highly professional, very informative , educational and tasty.
It consists of general presentation of the over 200 years history , passion of their family estate , the entire process of wine making from growing the grapes in the vineyards to bottling , shipping and ending with a lovely wine tasting.
Domaines Schlumberger is one of the largest Producers in Alsace with 120 hectares of vineyards with 50% of its area planted with Grands Crus. The winery is going through a major renovation/expansion of the Reception and Tasting Room scheduled for completion in 2018.
If you follow the pictures, you will see the grapes pressing tanks, the grape juice fermentation with yeast in 120 temperature controlled barrels (you see also the picture of the biggest barrel that can hold 17,500 litres) when they allow all the sediments to go to the bottom of the barrel, then the wine is collected and transferred in the stainless steel vats, followed by automated bottling, then stored until orders when the bottles are getting labeled and shipped
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Now to my favourite part : We tasted 7 wines from different grapes Riesling , Pinot Gris ,Muscat ,Gewurtztraminer from Princess Abes and Grand Crus range. Although I enjoyed most of the wine tasted my favourite was the Pinot Gris Grand Cru Spiegel well balanced,fruity ,fresh not to sweet,not too dry with a finish with beautiful length.I bought couple of bottles to enjoy them when I am back home in Toronto.
Want to visit the beautiful Domaines Schlumberger ?
Domaines Schlumberger kindly ask you to book your tour with Esther Lelievre by phone 03 89 74 27 00 or their contact form you can find at this link
Recommended place to stay
During our Alsace Wine Route trip we stayed at La Maison d'Emilie in Pfaffenheim ,a charming bed and breakfast in an authentic village house from 17th century. The B&B location is about 20 minutes easy drive to Domain Schlumberger.
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