Dessert · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Botrytised Gewurztraminer at near-Sauternes ripeness, made only in noble-rot vintages. Saffron honey, candied rose and an apricot-jam palate.
Cuvées
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Cuvee Christine is Schlumberger's family-named Vendanges Tardives Gewurztraminer, sourced from Kessler and Kitterle parcels. Honeyed and floral, made only in warm vintages.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Late-harvested Gewurztraminer at high natural ripeness, produced only in warm vintages. Honeyed apricot and lychee with the trademark rose-petal lift.
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.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Weinbach's noble-rot Pinot Gris from the Altenbourg lieu-dit. Honeycomb, candied apricot and saffron honey; a multi-decade dessert wine made only in exceptional vintages.