2022 ChevernyDomaine du Salvard
France | Loire
$22
Producers
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
Notes of ripe stone fruits, brioche, and wildflowers make for a charming, sparkling quaffer.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Crémant d’Alsace
This rich, gastronomic crémant with fine and elegant bubbles will have even the Champagne purist singing its praises.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Meyer’s Riesling Réserve is a mélange of different terroirs around his domaine in Katzenthal, and is a precise, dry, minerally Riesling loaded with character.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
From the exceedingly fine and elegant nose to the creamy and lacy texture, the overall balance and touch, and its hint of salty freshness, this wine shows how understated, finessed, and downright glorious dry Pinot Gris can be in Alsace.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Félix Meyer’s old-vine Pinot Blanc from the slopes of Katzenthal, in Alsace, has long overdelivered in the role of the proverbial “crisp white” for which we long.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Light, citrusy, aromatic, and zippy on the palate ... Stock up, these bottles tend to disappear quickly.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
This “noble blend” combines the region’s principal grape varieties in one lip-smacking, liter-sized bottle of fun, perfectly capturing the magic of Alsace at bargain cost.
Meyer-Fonné France | Alsace | Alsace
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
With unrivaled versatility at table and guaranteed mouthwatering abilities, Sylvaner brings something new and fresh to the table.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
It’s hard to imagine this beauty could taste any better than it does now, but I’ll be curious to revisit it in five to ten years.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
The Dudenstein bottling, produced only in great years, represents the pinnacle of Boxler’s wine-growing prowess.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace
Granite slopes give way to cooling citrus and crunchy pear.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
The idea with this wine is vibrant fruitiness. An absolutely delicious Pinot Noir to enjoy immediately.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
Félix Meyer’s old-vine Pinot Blanc from the slopes of Katzenthal, in Alsace, has long overdelivered in the role of the proverbial “crisp white” for which we long.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
New to Alsatian wine?
This is the perfect place to start.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Beautiful aroma, silky mouthfeel, fresh with old-vine weight, interesting, and downright delicious.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Often featuring grand cru fruit, this bottling is arguably the ideal entry point to Boxler’s range of magnificent white wines.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
The Kuentz-Bas Alsace blanc is a blend of Sylvaner, Pinot Auxerrois, Chasselas, and a touch of Muscat.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Boxler’s bottling of old vines is cultivated on impressive granite slopes that impart both dynamic acidity and lush fruit.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Made from young vine fruit from Grand Cru vineyards, this Riesling delivers delicious fruit, crispness, and minerality beyond its price point.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
The Fronholz vineyard is known for producing craggy, mineral-driven Rieslings with bracing acidity.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace
Delicious alongside black cod in miso soy marinade.
Domaine Ostertag
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Ostertag’s “Mountain of the Monks” parcel has absolutely everything going for it.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Brand is Boxler’s most powerful Riesling
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
Bone-dry on the palate, it features intense, clean aromas with excellent minerality.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
That grapes can be cajoled and fashioned to make such a liquid is miraculous.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Meyer’s 2019 is lovely stuff—fermented dry, full-bodied in style, it shines at table in a multitude of gastronomic settings with kaleidoscopic range.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
This Pinot Blanc is weightless, sultry, and lengthy as the day is long.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace
This is classic old-world, unadorned Pinot Noir at its best: ethereal, but not lightweight; ripe, but not rich or overly extracted.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Made from young vine fruit from Grand Cru vineyards, this Riesling delivers delicious fruit, crispness, and minerality at good value.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
One of the gems of the Meyer portfolio.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
If the Boxler Réserve is an imposing massif, Meyer-Fonné’s Wineck Schlossberg is a vertiginous peak.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace
That grapes can be cajoled and fashioned to make such a liquid is miraculous. This aroma is beyond belief.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
Earthy Pinot Gris as dramatic and flinty as this, with a hint of residual sugar, demands an assertive pairing; try it with smoked sausage and mustard.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Decadent, rich, stony, and a touch off-dry—hard not to love.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Kuentz-Bas vinifies a glorious dry Muscat from grand cru Pfersigberg, an ample and fleshy white scented of ripe citrus, tropical flowers, and exotic fruits.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
The rose petal perfume of this ravishing Gewurztraminer enveloped the entire table, and was the perfect way to end a perfect meal.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
A slightly sweeter style of Gewurztraminer with opulent aromas and flavors to pair with any kind of spicy food.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Late-harvest wines of this quality in Alsace take incredible skill to make. This is a supremely beautiful example of a harmonious, highly successful partnership between man and nature.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Pfersig means “peach,” and the wine’s subtle whispers of white peach are adorable, and then the bouquet keeps growing more expansive, more intense, grander.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fall asleep in a field of summer flowers? Boxler’s Pinot Gris Reserve will make you feel like Dorothy in Oz, but instead of poppies...honeysuckle, chamomile, and as you lie back in the sun, you bite into a luscious, technicolor nectarine. Yum.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Boxler’s regal Pinot Gris—in this case, sourced exclusively from his grand cru Brand holdings—captures the essence of Pinot Gris in all of its textural glory.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace
A masterfully made Muscat is an aromatically divine experience.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
The nose just jumps out of the glass in a blaze of spicy, honeyed glory.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace
Heimbourg, a very stony, steep limestone terroir in Turckheim, produces a powerful, full-bodied style of Pinot Gris with exceptional aging potential.
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Unlike light, crisp Italian Pinot Grigio, the grape achieves a sun-drenched plumpness that translates to a lusciousness on the palate.
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
Decadent, rich, stony—hard not to love.
Albert Boxler France | Alsace | Grand Cru Brand
Kuentz-Bas
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
If you haven’t yet discovered the wonders of dry Muscat from Alsace, both young and old, start here and spoil yourself forever!
Albert Boxler
France | Alsace | Alsace Grand Cru
A deep and luscious dessert wine for the ages, it is loaded with aromas of flowers, spices, and dripping honey—an utter masterpiece of Alsatian viticulture.
Meyer-Fonné
France | Alsace | Crémant d'Alsace
Notes of lemon curd find a crisp finish thanks to the minimal dosage technique, while the fine bead compliments a textured weight.
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