Products tagged with Alsace

Stone fruits and pear open, with aromatic spices such as cinnamon and star anise. The tannins are integrated and not obtrusive, thanks to a relatively short 7-day maceration. This is a tiny négociant project reminiscent of Les Vins Pirouettes; started by

Mathieu Deiss, of Domaine Marcel Deiss fame, began this winery with his wife when he inherited a vineyard from his aging uncle. While still working at the family’s estate, the two took the opportunity to use this vineyard to push the boundaries of natural

Rietsch just might be one of the best under the radar Alsace producers right now. This old vine Pinot Noir is complex yet fruit-forward, thanks to semi-carbonic maceration. There’s ample acidity and spicey black pepper accents to round things out.

This wine is a blend of several vineyard sites composed of younger vines, hence the humbler price tag. The wine is no less delicate than the domaine’s other offerings, though, with a more immediate fruit presence and lift. Natural wine from Alsace is rare

Sourced from a tiny 0.2 hectare plot in the northernmost Grand Cru vineyard of Steinklotz, Bechtold’s ”S” (so labeled because of confusing regulations) is one of the most ethereal expressions of Alsatian Pinot Noir we’ve come across. Intense mineral, spic

The Riesling is skin-macerated for one week, and the Gewürztraminer is direct pressed. All grapes are sourced from the Grand Cru vineyard of Zotzenberg but can’t be labeled as such since the winemaking techniques don’t follow appellation regulations.

Bewilderingly, reds cannot be labeled Grand Cru in Alsace, so although these grapes hale from the Frankstein Grand Cru, the wine can’t be labeled as such, hence the “F”. Tart and mineral, with tannic presence, and ethereal, underripe blackberries. A gorge

Pristine notes of petrol and vibrant lemon zest, evolving into nectarine and apricot skin. The wine spends 2 years in old barrel and an additional year in bottle, but the acidity is still singing. Vinified dry. This portion of the Frankstein vineyard was

Pirouettes is a project in which veteran winemaker Christian Binner comes alongside younger growers and lends his expertise to help them make delicious, affordable natural wine (rather than sell their grapes to co-ops). The Pinot Gris here adds depth and

If this wine were made in northern Italy, it’d be called a ramato. A skin-contact white (so an ‘orange’ wine), but Pinot Gris skins give a more coppery color. Bold & firmly textured, with lively fruit notes of dried apricot and bing cherry, balanced by fr