Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Boxler's L parcel selection on Sommerberg (formerly called Jeunes Vignes), younger granite vines but the same incisive mineral character.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
Dirler-Cade's Saering Riesling from sandstone slopes around Guebwiller. Biodynamic and bone-dry; the maison's everyday Grand Cru.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Estate-only Riesling from the family's holdings in Riquewihr and Zellenberg, bottled dry and unoaked. Hugel's mid-tier Riesling.
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 · High acidity · Refreshing
Josmeyer's Le Kottabe is the maison's signature dry Riesling, named for an antique Greek wine-drinking game. Bone dry, citrus and stone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Kuentz-Bas's Trois Chateaux Riesling, named for the three medieval castles above Husseren-les-Chateaux. The maison's village-level dry Riesling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Beyer's mid-tier dry Riesling from Eguisheim plots, more accessible in price than the Comtes but in the same austere mineral idiom.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing
Andre Ostertag's Heissenberg Riesling from sandstone slopes near Nothalten, alongside Muenchberg. Pure, dry, biodynamic; the maison's everyday Bas-Rhin Riesling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Schlumberger's most approachable Grand Cru Riesling, from sandstone slopes lower than Kitterle. Brisk citrus and stone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing
Trimbach's house-style Riesling, blending fruit from multiple villages around Ribeauville. Bone-dry, citrus and stone, the textbook introduction to Alsace Riesling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Cuvee Theo, named for Theo Faller, is Weinbach's Alsace AOC Riesling, sourced from the Clos des Capucins vineyards around the domaine in Kientzheim.