From eight or nine parcels and different soils (granite, gravel, clay), and averaging 30- to 75-year-old vines, the steel-fermented 2014 Les Vieilles Vignes de Sylvaner displays noble floral notes along with ripe pear aromas on the very clear and appealing nose. Highly elegant and intense on the palate, this full-bodied Sylvaner has a delicate purity, stimulating freshness, great balance and good length. Delicious. The finish is very good, fresh and shows a real character. The 2014 fermented until March and underwent, like all of the wines since 10 years -- the second (malolactic) fermentation. Racked in April and bottled in May, this is an excellent proof that there is reason to fear the malo when only the grapes are ripe and not much malic acidity is left to be converted into lactic acid. Although Sylvaner is widely considered as a huge yielding grape, Ostertag never green-harvests his old vines Sylvaner which never yield more than 60hl/ha due to short-pruning, mechanic ploughing, and biodynamic farming. The grapes are hand-picked (in 40 kg boxes), the whole bunches are gently and slowly pressed, and the wine is aged on its lees before being bottled in the following spring.