Jean-Paul Metté distilled his first Eau de Vie in the sixties. As a teenager, he would frequently visit his neighbour, who had a still. In keeping with tradition, he rapidly added his own new creations of the range of standard products such as Old Mirabelle Plum or Wild Raspberry eau-de-vie. Philippe Traber, his godson, started to work with him in 1985. J-P Metté taught him the art of distilling, the know-how and the secrets which make every distillery unique. In 1997, J-P Metté fell ill and decided to sell his distillery. Philippe and his wife Nathalie bought the distillery in 1998 and they still distil as J-P Metté used to do. Their distillery is well known all over the world thanks to the large range of products and especially to the high quality of their eaux-de-vie. The Metté distillery is located in Ribeauville in the Alsace area in the heart of the vineyards. They also own wine vineyards to produce their Marc de Gewurztraminer.

Crystal clear in colour. The flavors are of exemplary precision, the elder reveals its elegance. On the palate this shows Spiriteux great tactile finesse and plays the flower in a beautiful way. The finish is wonderful!

• Product Code: AMT04JPM
• Grower: Jean Paul Metté
  
• Spirit Type: Eau de Vie
  
• Style: Finesse and Elegant
  
• Country: France
• Appellation: Alsace
• Alchohol: 45% ABV
• Case Size: Single
• Bottle Size: 35cl

Vintage Rating on this wine was 90 (source: Competition Award Winner)

Closure: CORK

Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA).

Screw caps or "Stelvin caps" are closures made only from aluminium material that threads onto the bottleneck. They are the predominant closure used by New Zealand wineries.[8][9] This can be attributed in part to the New Zealand screw cap initiative which promotes the use of screw caps instead of cork. Screw caps form a tighter seal and can keep out oxygen for a longer time than cork. These benefits aid in maintaining the wine's overall quality and aging potential.

Vino-Seal, or Vino-Lok, is a plastic/glass closure released by Alcoa. Since its introduction into the European market in 2003, over 300 wineries have utilized Vino-Seal. Using a glass stopper with an inert o-ring, the Vino-Seal creates a hermetic seal that prevents oxidation and TCA contamination.

Zork is an alternative wine closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork. The Zork closure consists of three parts; an outer cap providing a tamper evident clamp that locks onto the band of a standard cork mouth bottle, an inner metal foil which provides an oxygen barrier similar to a screw cap, and an inner plunger which creates the ‘pop’ on extraction and reseals after use.

The traditional crowned bottle cap has been used in the sparkling wine industry as a closure during the bottle fermentation process (méthode traditionnelle). Normally the cap is replaced with a cork before shipping, though recently some producers are releasing wines using the crown cap as their closure.

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