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Classic Old-World, Unadorned Pinot Noir
Classic Old-World, Unadorned Pinot Noir
by Tom Wolf by Tom Wolf
A Featured Selection from the Classics Sale! A Featured Selection from the Classics Sale!
2025 Alsace Pinot Noir
2025 Alsace Pinot Noir
Ammerschwihr, Alsace
Jean-Baptiste working in the cellar
Jean-Baptiste and Laure Adam
Pinot and Kougelhopf, why not?
Kuentz-Bas France | Alsace | Alsace
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Because Burgundy has taken Pinot Noir to increasingly lofty heights in recent years, it can sometimes feel as though this grape variety has left the realm of the bistro table or picnic basket, reserved instead for nice tablecloths and special glasses. Vignerons Jean-Baptiste and Laure Adam of Kuentz-Bas are here to dispel this notion, delivering a beautiful bottle of Alsatian Pinot Noir that is refined enough for a filet of fish or roast chicken, but not too precious that you can’t pop the cork care-free on a Tuesday night.
Sourced from decades-old vines and aged in large foudres in the domaine’s centuries-old cellar, this is classic old-world, unadorned Pinot Noir at its best: ethereal, but not lightweight; ripe, but not rich or overly extracted. Evoking delicate, crunchy berries, spices, and black tea, this versatile rouge is as well suited to a vegetable-forward dish as it is to seared tuna or your favorite roast fowl, not unlike top-notch Bourgogne rouge. Don’t miss one of the best Pinot Noir values in the world.
Ammerschwihr, Alsace
Jean-Baptiste working in the cellar
Jean-Baptiste and Laure Adam
Pinot and Kougelhopf, why not?
| Wine Type: | red |
| Vintage: | 2025 |
| Bottle Size: | 750mL |
| Blend: | Pinot Noir |
| Appellation: | Alsace |
| Country: | France |
| Region: | Alsace |
| Producer: | Kuentz-Bas |
| Vineyard: | 25 - 45 years |
| Soil: | Loess, Silt, Limestone |
| Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
| Alcohol: | 12.5% |
Take 20% OFF this and other wines in the sale, now through August 3rd.
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About The Producer
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More than two hundred years of tradition and vineyard pedigree have made the wines of Kuentz-Bas perennial favorites. However, when the family sold the property to famed vigneron Jean-Baptiste Adam in 2004, many wondered what direction the new team would take. Adam, like the estates former owners, has a reputation for being an advocate of Alsatian terroir, and he is the fourteenth generation to continue a family winemaking tradition that began as early as 1614. The wines are more open than ever while still reflecting the unmistakable character of the vineyards that clients have come to expect from Kuentz-Bas.
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Kermit once said...
Kermit once said...
Great winemakers, great terroirs, there is never any hurry. And I no longer buy into this idea of “peak” maturity. Great winemakers, great terroirs, their wines offer different pleasures at different ages.
Inspiring Thirst, page 312
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