Christian Binner Les Saveurs 750ml

This is a lightly macerated kitchen-sink blend of Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Auxerrois, Chasselas, Sylvaner and Muscat. It is a beautifully hazy wine with deep minerality and lengthy acidity - like biting into a ripe mango.

A non-vintage cuvée of 2020 and 2021, two very different years that balance each other out perfectly: 2020 was a warm, solar year for Alsace, while 21 was wet and challenging, with lower yields yet appealing acidity. Christian, therefore, decided to blend them together in this flavorsome white cuvée!

Grapes: mostly Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Auxerrois, accompanied by Chasselas, Sylvaner and Muscat

Vineyard: a valley with north exposure, with poor granitic soils in the upper part and richer loamy soil with pebbles in the lower part. Longtime farmed organically by Christian’s friend, now in official conversion

Making of: The grapes are hand-harvested and manually sorted in the vineyard. Once gently pressed, the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations happen spontaneously over many months with natural yeasts in old oak barrels and foudres. Aged up to 23 months on the lees in the same vessels in Christian’s bioclimatic cellar. Blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered, zero sulfur added.

Personality: a fruity, easy-drinking white with a pleasant acidity that brings a whole range of saveurs (flavors) to any day of the week!

-Jenny and Francois Selections