Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing
Achillee's natural Edelzwicker, the traditional Alsace blend of noble and lesser grapes. Biodynamic, vibrant, low-intervention.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing
Achillee's natural Pinot Noir from biodynamic vines around Scherwiller. Light, lifted, Burgundian-register Alsace red, no added sulfites at bottling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Funky · Easygoing
Binner's spring-bottled skin-contact field blend from Pinot family grapes around Ammerschwihr. Light, fragrant orange wine for casual drinking.
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.
Hugel Gentil
4.2
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Hugel's revival of the historic 'gentil' blend, with each variety vinified separately before being blended. Approachable apple, peach and a Gewurztraminer-led floral lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Les Folastries is Josmeyer's village-level Gewurztraminer, named for the playful muses of Pierre de Ronsard. Aromatic but more restrained than typical Alsace Gewurz.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing
Mise du Printemps (spring bottling) is Josmeyer's young-vine Pinot Blanc-Auxerrois bottling, released as soon as the spring after harvest. Gentle, fresh, aperitif friendly.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Lucien Albrecht's house Brut Cremant, a Pinot-family blend. Reliable traditional-method Alsace bubbles at the price of a good Champagne entry.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Lucien Albrecht's 100 percent Pinot Noir Cremant Rose. Albrecht claims to have been the first to receive AOC approval for Cremant d Alsace in 1976. Reliable salmon-pink bubbles at a friendly price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Maison Cattin (Voegtlinshoffen) Cremant Jacques Cattin, an accessible Pinot-family blend with longer lees ageing than the basic tier.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Deiss's complanted Engelgarten lieu-dit, a hot, gravel-rich site that gives a more fruit-forward and aromatic complanted expression. Premier Cru tier.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing
Andre Ostertag's Sylvaner from old vines around Epfig. Andre led the Alsace revival of Sylvaner as a serious grape rather than a sub-varietal afterthought.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Pierre Sparr's house Reserve Cremant Brut, a multi-grape blend with a touch of Chardonnay (permitted in Cremant d Alsace). Friendly, accessible Alsace sparkling.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing
Mure's village-level Pinot Gris from the Rouffach hillsides. Plump, lightly off-dry, honeyed pear in a friendly register.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Mure's house Cremant brut, a Pinot-family blend with a splash of Riesling for lift. Reliable traditional-method Alsace bubbles at a friendly price.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing
Schoffit's old-vine Pinot Gris from the Harth plot near Colmar. A more affordable, plump expression of the Schoffit style, off-dry and broad-shouldered.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing
Weinbach's Pinot Blanc, dominated by Auxerrois, from the walled Clos des Capucins vineyards. Soft, gentle, dinner-table friendly.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Easygoing
Wolfberger Eguisheim co-op's blanc-de-noirs Cremant from 100 percent Pinot Noir, traditional method. Reliable affordable Alsace bubbles.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Wolfberger's Eichberg Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Eguisheim. Reliable co-op Grand Cru with the maison's friendly aromatic style.