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Three AOCs and 51 Grand Crus, the four noble grapes, Pinot Blanc, Crémant d'Alsace and three verified producers.
All levels90 min12 stepsAbout Alsace
Part of France
Start with the region, a narrow corridor between the Vosges and the Rhine making aromatic whites under three AOCs.
Next, the Grand Cru tier: 51 classified sites on the sub-Vosges hillsides, each named on the label.
Meet the first noble grape, Riesling, which Alsace, sheltered by the Vosges, makes in riper and often drier styles.
Then Gewürztraminer, a pink-skinned, aromatic variety.
Set Riesling and Gewürztraminer side by side: origins, climate, regions, flavor, structure and the foods each pairs with, from delicate fish to Munster and spiced dishes.
The third noble grape, Pinot Gris, which Alsace makes richer and fuller-bodied than Italian Pinot Grigio.
The fourth, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, which reaches its northern limit in Alsace as a dry, highly aromatic white.
Step outside the noble four to Pinot Blanc, Alsace's everyday dry white, often blended with Auxerrois.
Then Crémant d'Alsace, the traditional-method sparkling AOC established in 1976, led by Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois.
Now producers: a Ribeauvillé family house where Riesling is half of production, including Clos Sainte Hune from the Rosacker Grand Cru.
A biodynamic domaine farming 42 hectares across six Grand Crus, making Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and Muscat.
Finish with a domaine built by Capuchin monks in 1612, farmed biodynamically since 2005, with the walled Clos des Capucins and four Grand Crus.
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