Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Boxler's Brand Gewurztraminer, a warm-site granite expression. Concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with the cuvee's saline mineral lift.
Cuvées
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Albert Mann's Furstentum Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Sigolsheim. Concentrated, saline, with a particularly mineral cut for the grape.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Albert Mann's Steingrubler Gewurztraminer from gentle limestone slopes above Wettolsheim. Lighter than Furstentum but in the same aromatic Grand Cru register.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Barmes-Buecher's Steingrubler Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Wettolsheim. Concentrated rose and lychee in a saline biodynamic register.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Furstentum Gewurztraminer from limestone-rich slopes above Kientzheim. Concentrated, saline and structured by altitude.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Bott-Geyl's Sonnenglanz Gewurztraminer from south-facing marl-limestone slopes around Beblenheim. Sun-glanced fruit (the cru's name means 'sunshine') with a saline mineral lift.
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.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Kessler Gewurztraminer from sandstone slopes above Guebwiller, biodynamic since the early 1990s. Concentrated rose and lychee with a saline lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Dirler-Cade's Spiegel Gewurztraminer from sandstone-marl slopes above Bergholtz. Concentrated rose and lychee with a saline lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Ernest Burn's Clos Saint Imer is a walled monopole inside Grand Cru Goldert. The Gewurztraminer is the maison's flagship aromatic white.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
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.
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.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Jean-Marie Haag's Zinnkoepfle Gewurztraminer from south-Alsace limestone hill. Concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with a saline mineral lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Les Folastries is Josmeyer's village-level Gewurztraminer, named for the playful muses of Pierre de Ronsard. Aromatic but more restrained than typical Alsace Gewurz.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Kuentz-Bas's flagship Gewurztraminer from Eichberg above Eguisheim. Concentrated rose and lychee with the cuvee's saline mineral lift; biodynamic since 2007.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Beyer's mid-tier dry Gewurztraminer from Eguisheim-area plots. The accessible step below the Comtes d Eguisheim flagship; bone dry in the house style.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Beyer's flagship dry Gewurztraminer from Pfersigberg-area plots. Rose, lychee and white pepper, but unusually dry and structured for the grape.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Leon Boesch's biodynamic Zinnkoepfle Gewurztraminer. Concentrated rose and lychee from one of the highest Alsace Grand Crus.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Marc Tempe's Mambourg Gewurztraminer, long-lees aged in old foudre. Demeter biodynamic; concentrated rose, lychee and honey.
Off Dry · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Deiss's complanted Engelgarten lieu-dit, a hot, gravel-rich site that gives a more fruit-forward and aromatic complanted expression. Premier Cru tier.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Paul Blanck's Mambourg Gewurztraminer from south-facing limestone slopes above Sigolsheim. Concentrated and saline.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Savoury
Jean-Pierre Rietsch's skin-macerated Pinot Gris. Orange wine in the natural Alsace register: dried apricot, citrus peel, modest tannic grip.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Rolly Gassmann's Moenchreben lieu-dit Gewurztraminer from Rorschwihr. Concentrated and saline; the maison aged in cellar 4 to 6 years before release.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Schlumberger's Kessler Gewurztraminer from sandstone slopes above Guebwiller, slightly off-dry in style. Rose, lychee and a ginger-spice register.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Jean-Louis Trapet's Sporen Gewurztraminer from clay-rich slopes above Riquewihr. Biodynamic, concentrated rose, lychee and ginger with the cuvee's saline lift.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Weinbach's flagship Gewurztraminer from old vines on Furstentum's limestone slopes, named for one of Colette Faller's daughters. Concentrated, aromatic, structured.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Wolfberger's Eichberg Gewurztraminer from limestone slopes above Eguisheim. Reliable co-op Grand Cru with the maison's friendly aromatic style.
Off Dry · Full-bodied · Medium acidity · Elegant
Zind-Humbrecht's Hengst Gewurztraminer from calcareous-marl slopes above Wintzenheim. Power, concentration and a saline-honey core.