Domaine Lissner Gewurztraminer Altenberg de Wolxheim Grand Cru

Vintage: 2020

Origin: Alsace, France

Grapes: Gewurztraminer

Alcohol: 14%

This Gewurztraminer from the Altenberg de Wolxheim Grand Cru is an outstanding and special bottle that stands apart from typical Alsatian Gewurz. Bright, light gold in colour with a rich, overripe nose offering aromas of exotic fruits, flowers, grapefruit, blood orange, dates, and spicy notes. What's remarkable is the surprising freshness on the palate – this is rich and powerful but with an unusual and distinctive acidic structure that gives it real backbone. The profile leans dry with a bittersweet aftertaste, showing less fruity expression and more complexity than you'd expect from the variety. It's wild but elegant, a proper masterpiece that showcases what Bruno and Théo's Fukuoka-inspired approach can achieve on Grand Cru terroir. Hand-picked, slow-pressed, spontaneously fermented with no sulphur added and no filtration – these are wild, free, alive wines that age beautifully. As natural as it gets, and proof that Gewurz can be sophisticated and complex rather than just perfumed.