Alsace, Jura & Savoie Red Wine

The Red Wines of Alsace from a single grape variety! Pinot Noir !

Only Pinot Noir authorized in Alsace to produce red wine. We find this variety in France also in Burgundy. This is no coincidence, because this variety adapts well to the continental climate of the Alsatian vineyard. Alsatian wines are better known through very fine single-varietal AOC white wines such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Muscat, Pinot Blanc. But you have to realize that it has not always been so. Indeed, in the Middle Ages the red wines of the Alsace vineyard were in great demand. Nowadays, the red wines of Alsace are making a comeback. About 10% of the vine surfaces are now devoted to Pinot Noir. The red wines of Alsace are gaining in structure, in length, the quality is constantly improving. The comparison with the red wines produced in Burgundy is no longer at all incongruous!!!! It must be said that Alsace has a diversity of terroir quite comparable to the Burgundian terroir. To be convinced, taste the wines of Philippe Heitz or the wines of the Marcel Deiss estate.