Bottle of Domaine Mittnacht Frères Riesling Muehlforst Alsace AOC Blanc 2021 Biodynamic
France · Alsace

Riesling Muehlforst 2021

Domaine Mittnacht Frères

Pure Riesling with a limestone spine. Dry and serious.

Open it when…

Long dinner Weeknight Solo

Tastes like

lime · green apple · wet stone

Feels like

dry, tense, chalky

CHF 28.00
CHF 28.00
CHF 37.33/L
VAT included
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GrapesRiesling
Serve8-10
DecantNo
Drink2024-2033

Emeric's note

Grilled fish on a weeknight

Taste profile

The wine's soundboard.

Tall bars, big wine. Low bars, easy wine.

The story

Behind the bottle

The Mittnacht family has farmed in Hunawihr, one of the prettiest villages on the Alsace wine road, since 1963. They were among the first in Alsace to go biodynamic, and today there are sheep grazing between the rows.

Muehlforst is a lieu-dit in Hunawihr, on heavy Muschelkalk limestone, and that limestone gives the Riesling its tension.

A dry Riesling for people who think all Riesling is sweet.

— Emeric

Where it comes from

Alsace map

The place

Alsace

Sheltered in the rain-shadow of the Vosges, Alsace is dry, sunny and planted to a mosaic of thirteen soil types. Its wines are named by grape — Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Muscat — and run from bone-dry to nobly sweet. One of France's densest concentrations of organic and biodynamic estates. ~15,500 ha.

Climate
Semi-continental, very dry (Vosges rain-shadow), sunny
Altitude
200–400 m
Classification
AOCs
SoilsGraniteLimestoneSchistSandstoneVolcanicMarl
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Best season to open it

Spring Trout, asparagus, new potatoes.
Autumn Choucroute night, the Alsace way.

SummerWinter

Have it with

Fish
Seafood
Charcuterie

Press play

Minimal electronicaclean lines only.
  1. 01 Jon Hopkins – Emerald Rush— bright and precise
  2. 02 Bonobo – Kerala— crisp energy
  3. 03 Ólafur Arnalds – Saman— clear and cool
Nerd mode 🔬 Soils, grapes, cellar, serving — for the truly curious

…I warned you. 😄

Terroir & craft

◆SoilsGranite, Limestone, Schist, Sandstone, Volcanic, Marl
◆Altitude200–400 m
◆GrapesRiesling
◆Blend100% Riesling
◆CellarLieu-dit Muehlforst, Hunawihr
◆CellarMuschelkalk limestone
◆CellarHand harvest, slow fermentation
🌿CertificationsBiodynamic

Serving

◆Serve at8-10
◆GlassStandard
◆DecantNo
◆Drink2024-2033
Domaine Mittnacht Frères cellar

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