Welcoming bottled Alsatian sunshine courtesy of Max Woerly and his 8 hectares in the picturesque Dambach-la-Ville.
Among the arrivals are his masterful Cremant, a handful of macerations including a new Pet Nat, a pair of terroir-explicit cuvées celebrating the imapct of his granite soils on two varieties, and the Grand Cru Clos Bernstein from the dazzling 2019 vintage.
Maxime’s family has deep roots in their historic Alsatian village, farming here since 1557. Crops were sold to merchants until the first family bottling, in 1947. Max works across a 1km radius on the eastern slopes of the Vosges Mountains, with everything over solid granite and granitic sandy soils.
Organic conversion of the family parcels began in 2010 when Maxime returned home from his studies, and more recently he’s been in biodynamic conversion and practising zero-input agriculture in the Grand-Cru Bernstein parcel. The efforts are bearing beautiful fruit.
In the cellar, Max focuses his efforts on a gentle working method to channel what he sees as ‘true Alsace’: fruit and acidity. Macerations are short and gentle, ageing is in stainless steel, Burgundy barrels or large Alsace tuns.
The resulting wines have a brilliant purity and balance, endlessly enjoyable. We can think of few others that represent such good value whilst rising to the demands of the approaching holiday season!
SPARKLING
NEW 2023 - PURE Pet Nat Maceration - Muscat, Pinot Gris
NEW 2021 - Crémant Extra Brut - Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc
WHITE
NEW 2023 - Gewurztraminer Granit - Gewurtz
NEW 2019 - Riesling Clos du Bernstein - Riesling
SKINS
NEW 2023 - Orage - Pinot Gris, Gewurtz
ROSE
NEW 2022 - Le Vin En Rose - Muscat, Pinot Gris
RED
NEW 2022 - Pinot Noir Granit - Pinot Noir
