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
Off Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Savoury
Boxler's Pinot Gris from Sommerberg granite, more austere than most Alsace Pinot Gris thanks to the steep, well-drained slope.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Albert Seltz's Zotzenberg Sylvaner, the only Sylvaner permitted on a Grand Cru in Alsace. Seltz led the campaign for Sylvaner's recognition on Zotzenberg.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Barmes-Buecher's vintage-dated extra-brut Cremant. Long-aged on lees in a Champagne-style Alsace Cremant, biodynamic, often zero-dosage.
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.
Clos Sainte-Hune
5.0
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Trimbach's 1.67 hectare monopole inside Grand Cru Rosacker, declassified to Alsace AOC by family preference. Piercing dry Riesling that needs a decade to unwind into wax, citrus and Vosges granite salinity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Kitterle Riesling from terraced sandstone slopes above Guebwiller. Smoky, dry, structured; biodynamic since the mid 2000s.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Etienne Loew's Muschelkalk Riesling from limestone-marl slopes around Westhoffen in north Alsace. Demeter biodynamic, dry, structured.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Racy acidity · Elegant
Josmeyer's Hengst Riesling from calcareous-marl above Wintzenheim. Slower-developing, herbal and limestone-driven.
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 · 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 · Elegant
Beyer's flagship Riesling, sourced from old vines on the Pfersigberg slopes around Eguisheim. Steely, dry, mineral; built for a long cellar.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Marc Kreydenweiss's Lerchenberg lieu-dit Pinot Gris from Andlau. Bone-dry, biodynamic, more austere than typical Alsace Pinot Gris.
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 · 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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Funky · Elegant
Jean-Pierre Rietsch's natural Zotzenberg Sylvaner. One of the few biodynamic natural bottlings of the only Alsace Grand Cru open to Sylvaner.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Schlumberger's flagship Kitterle Riesling from terraced sandstone vineyards above Guebwiller, often planted on slopes that need monorail access. Smoky, dry, structured.
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 · Elegant
Schoffit's Auxerrois from Rangen volcanic soil; one of the few Alsace producers who bottles single-cru Auxerrois rather than blending it as Pinot Blanc.
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 · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Valentin Zusslin's biodynamic Cremant Rose, made from 100 percent Pinot Noir. Salmon-pink, long-lees ageing, more serious than a typical Cremant rose.
Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Elegant
Stoeffler's Klevener de Heiligenstein, a rare Alsace-only appellation for Savagnin Rose grown around five communes near Barr. Aromatic but more restrained than Gewurztraminer.
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.
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.