Marc Kreydenweiss, Riesling "Au Dessus de la Loi" Alsace, France 2020

Aromas of citrus zest and exotic fruits, offering a fine and delicate palate with good minerality and noble bitters. Pair with apéritif, fish, aged cheeses.

The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity. Organic farming by Ecocert and biodynamics by Biodyvin. Slow pressing of whole bunches. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Ages on lees in oak foudres for 15 months before bottling.

Born in Strasbourg in 1948, Marc Kreydenweiss is heir to a family of viticulturists who have lived in Alsace for 3 centuries. He has owned and managed the Domaine since 1971. In 1984, he made the decision to exclusively produce extremely high-quality wine based on the expression of the terroir. As a result, the wines have preserved the delicacy on which their reputation was established but now contain increased concentration, complexity, and a taste that lingers longer on the palate. In 1989, these same requirements led Marc to introduce biodynamic cultivation at the Domaine.

Kreydenweiss is a firm believer in biodynamic principals, and has applied these to every aspect of the vineyard and wine making process. In his opinion, biodynamics is the living exchange between the biology of the soil and the entire root system of vine that tangibly expresses the “terroir” of the grapes. Biodynamics uses a certain number of vegetable, animal, and mineral preparations for different purposes and at specific times within the annual evolution of the organisms being treated.