Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Albert Seltz's Zotzenberg Sylvaner, the only Sylvaner permitted on a Grand Cru in Alsace. Seltz led the campaign for Sylvaner's recognition on Zotzenberg.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Funky · Elegant
Bernard Bohn's natural-style Schist Riesling from Reichsfeld in the Lower Vosges. Biodynamic, smoky, mineral; one of the few Steige-schist bottlings in Alsace.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Etienne Loew's Muschelkalk Riesling from limestone-marl slopes around Westhoffen in north Alsace. Demeter biodynamic, dry, structured.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing
Pierre Frick's Pinot Blanc from the limestone Steinert vineyard, bottled with zero added sulfites. Pioneering natural-wine work in Alsace from 1999 onward.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Pierre Frick's skin-macerated Pinot Gris from the Steinert vineyard. Orange wine in the textbook Alsace register: dried apricot, citrus peel, a modest tannic grip.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Fruity
Jean Becker's biodynamic Muscat from Grand Cru Froehn near Zellenberg. Bone-dry but with the Muscat aromatic lift; among the few standalone Alsace Grand Cru Muscat bottlings.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Melanie Pfister's Engelberg Riesling from northern Alsace limestone slopes near Dahlenheim. Biodynamic and bone-dry.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Andre Ostertag's Pinot Blanc-Auxerrois from limestone-marl slopes, barrel-aged in old oak. Biodynamic, Demeter, almond-and-peach in a more serious register than typical Alsace Pinot Blanc.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Jean-Pierre Rietsch's skin-macerated Pinot Gris. Orange wine in the natural Alsace register: dried apricot, citrus peel, modest tannic grip.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Elegant
Jean-Pierre Rietsch's natural Zotzenberg Sylvaner. One of the few biodynamic natural bottlings of the only Alsace Grand Cru open to Sylvaner.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Schoenheitz's Linsenberg Pinot Noir from Munster valley granite. The maison is the main producer working the upper Munster valley sub-zone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schoffit's Auxerrois from Rangen volcanic soil; one of the few Alsace producers who bottles single-cru Auxerrois rather than blending it as Pinot Blanc.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Stoeffler's Klevener de Heiligenstein, a rare Alsace-only appellation for Savagnin Rose grown around five communes near Barr. Aromatic but more restrained than Gewurztraminer.