2019 | Marc Tempe | Grafenreben Riesling

The Grafenreben vineyard has been biodynamically farmed since 1996 and is one of the finest in Zellenberg, Alsace. The vineyard area comprises two parcels planted in 1950 and 1977 totalling 0.30ha. Produced from very low yields, this biodynamic Riesling offers up a beautifully complex profile with spicy nuances. Enjoy with shellfish and seafood dishes.

Producer Information

Marc Tempé farms his vineyards biodynamically, ferments with indigenous yeasts in either cask or foudre and ages everything a minimum of twenty-four months in his cold cellars prior to bottling, making these quite old school wines of impressive precision and mineral signature. All of his wines are beautiful.He started his journey as a lab technician for the INAO, the body that governs France’s appellation system. He then stepped outdoors to become a vineyard expert for the same body, responsible for selecting lieux-dits (place names or single-vineyards) for possible inclusion into Alsace’s new grand cru system. In 1993 he started Domaine Marc Tempé with his wife Anne-Marie, from parcels inherited from both of their families. They immediately began the conversion to biodynamic farming, and 1995 became their first commercial release. In 1999, Léonard Humbrecht, the patriarch of Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, called Marc his “spiritual godson” in La Revue du Vin (note, with all due respect to Z-H, that Marc’s wines don’t tend to carry the same price tag).

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