Certification: Organic Wine certification (ECOCERT since 2004) and Biodynamic certifcation (Demeter since 2012)

Age of Vines: 35-40 years

Yields: 70 hl/ha

Soil: Limestone silt

Varieties: 89% Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, 4 % Muscat, 7% Gewurztraminer

Vinification Method: Grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, and fermented with indigenous yeast and zero sulfur. Elevage on the fine lees for several months in stainless steel tanks and bottled with zero addition of sulfur. Unfined and unfiltered.

Les Vins Pirouettes is a project launched by Christian Binner, that brings affordable natural wines to the table, and at the same time helps organic and biodynamic grape growers in Alsace move away from selling their grapes to cooperatives towards making and bottling natural wines. Each cuvée is made at a young grower’s winery, where they supply the grapes and Christian supplies his 20 years of expertise in making natural wine in Alsace, and of course his marketing and distribution savviness. Each cuvée will feature the name of the grower on the bottle. Here’s a word from Christian himself about this project: