2022 - Entre Chien et Loup
2022 - Entre Chien et Loup
So easy to drink, the label doubles as a warning: if you can’t tell the difference between the wolf & the dog - you’ve had too much. Pithy citrus, lively, saline, elegant and full of energy.
Cuvée: Entre Chien et Loup
Style: Still
Colour: White
Grapes/Blend: Auxerrois
ABV: 12.5%
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: Auxerrois hand-harvested from both the clay-limestone of Mittelbergheim and grés soils of Mutzig. Late September 2023. Whole-bunch pressed, aged on the lees in tank for 8 months. Indigenous yeasts. No added sulphur. Bottled April 2024.
Sulphur: None added
Soil: Clay-limestone, grés
Initially a mixed farm with crops including tobacco, the land has been in the family for seven generations. Jean-Pierre’s parents started cultivating vines in the 1970s, and passed it to Jean-Pierre in 1987. Organic farming with no use of chemicals. In the cellar, very little sulphur is used, and only when necessary. There is a precision and clarity to all the wines. Having become bored with making late-harvest wines with aromatic varieties; Jean-Pierre is one of few in his area to experiment with skin-contact wines and has gained a reputation for these.