Alsace
Alsace
Wines from the Alsace region in France
Bistro Louis Severine 2024 Julien
100% Riesling from steep granitic slopes in Dambach-la-Ville. Grapes are hand harvested and see seven days of whole-cluster maceration before aging in old barriques. Unfined, unfiltered and no added sulfur. It's packed with bright citrus fruit, not quite full-on orange...
$39.99
Exeterra 2023 Alsace Riesling Loup Blanc
Loup Blanc is 100% Riesling from 73 year-old vines with northern exposure on granite soils. While just 300 meters from the Grand Cru Muenchberg, this site has a very different soil type and microclimate, surrounded by forest where it stays...
$39.99
Exeterra 2023 Alsace Riesling Muenchberg
The Grand Cru Muenchberg Riesling comes from exceptional terroir consisting of sandstone soils with volcanic sediment. Grapes undergo a long press before aging in stainless steel on their fine lees. The result is a delicate and uplifting wine with subtle...
$54.99
Exeterra 2022 Alsace Clos Rittersberg
This is the first vintage of this wine, a blend of equal parts Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc, blended just after press and co-fermented with one year elevage in neutral Burgundy barrels. This shows a bit of flinty reduction on...
$39.99
Exeterra 2023 Alsace Sylvaner
This is a bright and fresh Sylvaner which is grown in sandstone and clay soils. Grapes undergo a long 11 hour press before aging on lees in stainless steel. There is no filtration and just 1g of added sulfer after...
$24.99
Exeterra 2023 Alsace Pinot Noir Exogene
This is 100% Pinot Noir from 45 year-old vines in sandstone soils. Grapes see twelve days maceration followed by eleven months aging in barrels. 2023 was a great year for Pinot in Alsace, with a nice level of ripeness while...
$39.99
Beck-Hartweg 2024 Alsace Bungertal
This is a blend of Gewurztraminer and Riesling grown on the volcanic sandstone soils of Bungertal, near the village of Nothalten. The grapes are macerated for 24-48 hours before a gentle pressing and natural fermentation in old oak, where it...
$33.99
Frick, Pierre 2022 Alsace Voyages
The 2022 'Voyages' is an assembly of the end-of-press of all the estate's varieties, bottled with zero added SO2. It's a colorful invitation from all the domain's terroirs and grapes, showing a beautiful pink/rose hue and vibrant aromas of mandarine,...
$29.99
Frick, Pierre 2023 Auxerrois Pur Vin
100% Pinot Auxerrois from Pierre and Chantal Frick, zero added SO2. The palate shows firm acidity with dense pear, apple, stone, almond and herbal flavors, finishing with mineral, citrus and pear. This gets better with aeration showing more density and...
$31.99
Frick, Pierre 2020 Alsace Muscat Steinert Pur Vin
Grand Cru Steinert is the steepest vineyard in Pfaffenheim with bedrock of limestone covered with thin stony soil and rocks with fossilized shells, very dry and porous, famous for wines with intense mineral flavors.
$41.99
Frick, Pierre 2022 Alsace Vorbourg Pinot Gris Maceration
Though it seems like a relatively new category, it turns out winemakers in Alsace have been making skin contact wines for some time. The first may have been Bannwarth, who experimented with qvevri (georgian clay anforae). Then, along with the...
$41.99
Exeterra 2024 Vin de France Grouge
This was one of the more unique and surprising wines we tried during our visit to France in February, a blend of equal parts Pinot Noir and skin-contact Gewurztraminer. It drinks like a light red but with bright peachy aromatics...
$26.99
Frick, Pierre 2021 Maceration Riesling Carrière Pur Vin
This lovely skin contact of Riesling hails from the Carriere vineyard. Zero added SO2. Notes here are of chamomile tea and stone fruit. A very delicate style, not as bombastic or eye-catching as the Pinot Gris or Gewurztraminer maceration wines,...
$37.99
Frick, Pierre 2023 Eichberg Gewurztraminer Maceration Pur Vin
This is 100% Gewurztraminer from limestone & marl soils, seeing a short (5-8 days) maceration with whole bunches and aged in large Alsatian foudre for ten months. It's textured and aromatic with bright acidity that keeps the lush, almost tropical...
$44.99
