Pierre Frick Gewürztraminer Macération

Artisan wine has recently become fashionable. Not that it is a new type of wine. The truth is that it has been produced since the beginning of wine, more than 8,000 years ago. However, artisan wine is attracting the curiosity of the traditional winelover more and more every day. But what is so special about an artisan wine? To begin with, these wines are made with varieties native to the region, avoiding the use of chemical fertilisers as well as automated processes as much as possible. The work is mostly done by hand, so it is inevitable that the number of bottles produced will be limited. In Alsace (France), one of the pioneers in the production of artisan wines is undoubtedly Pierre Frick. A visionary winegrower who, since taking over the family winery in the village of Pfaffenheim in the Upper Rhine region, has made his 12 hectares of vineyards biodynamic and produces wines with minimal intervention.  

His range includes various fascinating and different wines ranging from intense white to deep red, not to mention the original orange wine. An example of the latter is Pierre Frick Gewürztraminer Macération, a wine made from the Gewürztraminer variety from vines planted in calcareous soils rich in marl and sandstone. These are Demeter certified vines that are never treated with chemical products. Once the grapes are harvested by hand, they undergo spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts and maceration on the skins for 7 days. The wine then ages for 6 months in 80-year-old oak barrels. It is finally bottled without being filtered or adding sulphur.

The result is Pierre Frick Gewürztraminer Macération, an artisan wine that reveals the most authentic aspects of the AOC Alsace in every sip. An authentic orange wine in its most authentic form.