Riquewihr 2023

Peach
Baked apple
Citrus

Peach and baked apple, with a little citrus freshness. This dry white feels rounded and gently creamy, with ripe fruit that can suggest sweetness. A long, relaxed glass for an evening when there is no hurry.

You’ll notice the ripe fruit and creamy feel, even though the wine is dry.

If you like full, dry whites with ripe fruit and a soft, creamy feel, start here.

Gently pressed in whole bunches, fermented with native yeasts and rested on the lees for a year.

€26.90

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Their style

Where this bottle sits, from body to finish.

BodyLight

Bold

AciditySoft

Acidic

SweetnessDry

Sweet

CharacterClean

Wild

FinishShort

Long

Eat this with it

AT THE TABLE

Roast chicken with cream and tarragon

The cream meets the rounded texture while tarragon leaves room for the peach.

SOMETHING SIMPLE

Leek and potato gratin

Soft leeks and creamy potato suit the wine’s mellow feel.

FOR SHARING

Baked Camembert with apple slices

The cheese matches the creamy texture and apple echoes the baked-apple fruit.

Also good

Chicken in a light cream sauce meets the rounded texture without burying the peach.

Skip

A sharply vinegared salad can make this gentle, creamy white feel flat.

Serve at

10–12 °C

The producer

Marcel Deiss: Many grapes, one voice for the vineyard

At Marcel Deiss in Bergheim, different grape varieties grow side by side, then travel together through harvest and pressing. This old Alsatian practice, called complantation, lets the vineyard take the lead. Biodynamic work, covered soils and attention to birds and bees extend the same idea beyond the vines. The aim is a wine that tells you where it grew, with all the complexity of that living place.

Grapes / sourcing: Mixed plantings of traditional Alsatian varieties.
Farming: Biodynamic practices, soil cover and agroforestry.
Winemaking: Mixed varieties harvested and pressed together.
Home base: Bergheim, Alsace.
Milestone: Modern mixed planting at Altenberg de Bergheim began in 1990.
They talk about: Biodiversity and the character of each vineyard.