Cuvées

Achillee Edelzwicker

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing

Domaine AchilleeAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Achillee's natural Edelzwicker, the traditional Alsace blend of noble and lesser grapes. Biodynamic, vibrant, low-intervention.

Achillee Pinot Noir Rouge

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing

Domaine AchilleeAlsace€€€€€€€Still Red

Achillee's natural Pinot Noir from biodynamic vines around Scherwiller. Light, lifted, Burgundian-register Alsace red, no added sulfites at bottling.

Bernard Bohn Riesling Schiste

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Funky · Elegant

Domaine BohnAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Christian Binner Kaefferkopf Cuvee Beatrice

4.5

Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Elegant

Domaine Christian BinnerAlsace€€€€€€€€Still White

Binner's complanted Kaefferkopf, named for his daughter Beatrice. Field-blend of noble grapes in a natural-wine register; Kaefferkopf became Alsace's 51st Grand Cru in 2007.

Christian Binner Saveurs Printanieres

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Funky · Easygoing

Domaine Christian BinnerAlsace€€€€€€€Orange

Binner's spring-bottled skin-contact field blend from Pinot family grapes around Ammerschwihr. Light, fragrant orange wine for casual drinking.

Christian Binner Schlossberg Riesling

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Funky · Elegant

Domaine Christian BinnerAlsace€€€€€€€€Still White

Binner's natural-style Schlossberg Riesling. Bone-dry, granite-driven, often with a slight reductive twang from the no-added-sulfite winemaking.

Frick Steinert Pinot Blanc Zero Sulfite

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Easygoing

Domaine Pierre FrickAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Pierre Frick's Pinot Blanc from the limestone Steinert vineyard, bottled with zero added sulfites. Pioneering natural-wine work in Alsace from 1999 onward.

Frick Steinert Pinot Gris Macere

4.4

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.

Marc Tempe Zellenberg Pinot Noir

4.3

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.

Rietsch Pinot Gris Macere

4.3

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.

Rietsch Zotzenberg Sylvaner

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Elegant

Domaine RietschAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Jean-Pierre Rietsch's natural Zotzenberg Sylvaner. One of the few biodynamic natural bottlings of the only Alsace Grand Cru open to Sylvaner.