2019 Jean Ginglinger Gewürztraminer Steiner Macération
WINEMAKER: Jean-François Ginglinger
REGION: Alsace, FR
VARIETAL: Gewürztraminer
VITICULTURE: Certified Biodynamic
"Jean uses Gewurztraminer from the beautiful Steinert Grand Cru appellation to make this macerated cuvée. For this vintage he macerated whole bunches for 5 weeks. It is an intense gastronomic wine which demands food." - Living Wines
Jean-François Ginglinger, son of Jean-Louis Ginglinger, is a producer of natural wines who is based in the central Alsace village of Pfaffenheim which lies 12 kilometres south of Colmar where he cares for 6.5 hectares of prime sites including two parcels in the Grand Cru vineyards of Steinert and Pfingstberg which is near the village of Orschwihr (which, in turn, is half way between Colmar and Mullhouse). The family are not recent arrivals having been involved in viticulture here since 1610!!!