Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili which led him to Sicily

which led him to Sicily where he worked with another of our fave producers

How - Organic / Biodynamic

abandoned all chemicals and converted the vineyard to biodynamics

ten months on lees

a tributary of the Danube

Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Quand le Chat, Alsace, France Terre Nobili which led him to SicilyThe Rietsch estate in Alsace has been in the family for seven generations; the land was previously used for tobacco and crops. It was Jean Pierres parents who started cultivating vines in 1970s and handed them on to JP in 1987. The domaine is still very much driven by a family led culture and JP is moving back to a degree of mixed farming, in part to improve the biodiversity of the farm. Vines are raised naturally, with terroir at the heart of the