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.

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.

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.

Hugel Estate Riesling

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Famille HugelAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Estate-only Riesling from the family's holdings in Riquewihr and Zellenberg, bottled dry and unoaked. Hugel's mid-tier Riesling.

Hugel Gentil

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity

Famille HugelAlsace€€€€€Still White

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.

Josmeyer Pinot Blanc Mise du Printemps

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Domaine JosmeyerAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Josmeyer Riesling Le Kottabe

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Domaine JosmeyerAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Josmeyer's Le Kottabe is the maison's signature dry Riesling, named for an antique Greek wine-drinking game. Bone dry, citrus and stone.

Kuentz Bas Trois Chateaux Riesling

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Kuentz-BasAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Kuentz-Bas's Trois Chateaux Riesling, named for the three medieval castles above Husseren-les-Chateaux. The maison's village-level dry Riesling.

Leon Beyer Cuvee Particuliere Riesling

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Leon BeyerAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Beyer's mid-tier dry Riesling from Eguisheim plots, more accessible in price than the Comtes but in the same austere mineral idiom.

Marc Kreydenweiss Lerchenberg Pinot Gris

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant

Domaine Marc KreydenweissAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Marc Kreydenweiss's Lerchenberg lieu-dit Pinot Gris from Andlau. Bone-dry, biodynamic, more austere than typical Alsace Pinot Gris.

Ostertag Heissenberg Riesling

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Refreshing

Domaine OstertagAlsace€€€€€€€€Still White

Andre Ostertag's Heissenberg Riesling from sandstone slopes near Nothalten, alongside Muenchberg. Pure, dry, biodynamic; the maison's everyday Bas-Rhin Riesling.

Ostertag Vignoble d E Sylvaner

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Easygoing

Domaine OstertagAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Rene Mure Cote de Rouffach Pinot Gris

4.2

Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Domaine Mure - Clos Saint-LandelinAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Mure's village-level Pinot Gris from the Rouffach hillsides. Plump, lightly off-dry, honeyed pear in a friendly register.

Schoffit Harth Vieilles Vignes Pinot Gris

4.3

Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Domaine SchoffitAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

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.

Trimbach Riesling Reserve

4.3

Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing

Maison TrimbachAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Trimbach's house-style Riesling, blending fruit from multiple villages around Ribeauville. Bone-dry, citrus and stone, the textbook introduction to Alsace Riesling.

Weinbach Pinot Blanc Reserve

4.2

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing

Domaine WeinbachAlsace€€€€€€€Still White

Weinbach's Pinot Blanc, dominated by Auxerrois, from the walled Clos des Capucins vineyards. Soft, gentle, dinner-table friendly.