Domaine Kreydenweiss - Lune A Boire Blanc 2023

An easy drinking, fruit driven blend of six Alsatian white grape varieties.

Light and dry, the palate is smooth but generously textured, kept approachable by a saline fresh acidity and gentle Gewurzt tannins. Its full of juicy, aromatic fruits, a delicious balance of apples, pears, lemons, peaches, apricots, fresh florals, subtle sourdough and pastry notes, a lick of oak spice, and a mineral undercurrent.

Approachable yet dynamic, its Alsace at its best and is great shared with friends.

NERD NOTES

A blend of all the domain’s grape varieties: Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Sylvaner, and skin-macerated Gewurztraminer. Hand-harvested grapes, slow pressing in whole bunches, alcoholic fermentation and malolactic with indigenous yeasts without inputs. The aging in is old Alsacian foudres for a minimum of a year, no filtration, no sulfites added.

ABOUT KREYDENWEISS

Domaine Kreydenweiss is situated right in the heart of the town of Andlau, towards the northern end of the Alsace vineyard region. Here, the Vosges Mountains are exceptionally steep, and cascade down into the valley. Andlau is nestled right up high in the crook of the mountains. Some of the vineyards are vertiginously steep. As everywhere in Alsace, geology is a shuffled deck, each vineyard has its own mix of rocks and soils. The dominant, if we can say so, soil type here is the famous pink sandstone from the Vosges, which gives wines of power and memorable aromatics of charred ginger. But there is also quartz, granite and even blue slate. The vineyard work is impeccable, and as much as possible done by hand or with the help of Antoine’s draft horses. There is a genuine deep commitment to Biodynamics, and you can feel and see the impact in the vineyards - there is vitality and diversity everywhere, yet an impeccable beauty and grace. These are very photogenic sites. Wines are made simply, always with natural yeast, no additions, and bottled with little or no SO2 very late in the process after malolactic. Ageing in very large old oak foudres.