Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Domaine Albert MannAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Albert Mann's Pinot Noir Grand H from old plots on Grand Cru Hengst, bottled as Alsace AOC because Hengst was not yet open to Pinot Noir at the cuvee's launch. A Burgundian-register Alsace red.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Domaine Pierre FrickAlsace€€€€€€€Orange
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Famille HugelAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Hugel's serious Pinot Noir, named for the cousins of the 13th-generation family, sourced from old plots around Riquewihr and Hunawihr. Burgundian register with Alsace lift.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Elegant
Domaine Marc TempeAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Marc Tempe's Pinot Noir from biodynamic vines around Zellenberg. Long-aged on lees in old foudre, Burgundian-register Alsace red.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Domaine Mure - Clos Saint-LandelinAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Mure's serious Pinot Noir from the Clos Saint Landelin monopole on Vorbourg. The V is the cuvee bottled when Vorbourg-grown Pinot Noir warranted a Grand-Cru-quality cuvee, though officially labelled Alsace AOC.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Domaine RietschAlsace€€€€€€€Orange
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Domaine SchoenheitzAlsace€€€€€€€Still Red
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Maison TrimbachAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Trimbach's serious Pinot Noir from old-vine Mambourg-area sources, made in a Burgundian register since the warm vintages of the late 2000s opened ripening windows in Alsace.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant
Domaine Valentin ZusslinAlsace€€€€€€€€Still Red
Valentin Zusslin's Bollenberg Pinot Noir from south-facing limestone slopes above Orschwihr. Biodynamic, Burgundian-register Alsace red.