Copper colour, ripe pear and spice
Copper to salmon pink. Ripe pear, quince, red apple skin and a little spice. Round in the mouth, with a soft grip from the skins and a dry finish.
- ripe pear
- quince
- red apple skin
- spice
- Body
- round
- Acidity
- fresh
- Grip
- soft
- Fruit
- ripe
100% Pinot Gris, on its skins
Pinot Gris has pinkish grey skins. Pressed straight away it makes a white wine. Left on its skins it takes on a copper colour, more texture and a light grip.
In Alsace Pinot Gris gives rich, rounded wines that like to be at the table.
Pinot Gris on its skins, unfiltered
- Biodynamic vinesAround Pfaffenheim and Rouffach
- Picked by handNo added sugar, no added yeast
- On the skinsFor the copper colour and grip
- Old oak casksAged on the lees
- No sulphites addedBottled unfiltered
Jean-Pierre and Chantal Frick, with their son Thomas
The Frick family makes wine in Pfaffenheim, south of Colmar in Alsace. Jean-Pierre Frick moved the vineyard to organic farming in 1970 and to biodynamics in 1981, long before either was common. He runs the estate with his wife Chantal and their son Thomas.
They farm 12 hectares in many small plots, including the Grand Crus Steinert, Vorbourg and Eichberg. Grapes are picked by hand and fermented with their own yeasts, with no added sugar or acid, then aged in old oak casks of around 3,000 litres. Some wines get no sulphur at all.
How to serve and pair it
Some pairing ideas
- Roast chicken with mushroomsRound with round
- Pâté en croûteThe Alsace picnic
- Duck with five-spiceSpice with spice
- Mushroom risottoEarthy and creamy
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Producer: EARL Pierre Frick, 5 rue de Baer, 68250 Pfaffenheim, France