Domaine Bechtold 2023 "Nef des Folles" Pinot Gris

100% Pinot Gris

Alsace, France

Medium Body

Vivid and textural, with notes of apricot, honeycomb, and chamomile. The palate is approachable yet nuanced, with mineral depth and layered fruit and floral qualities.

Organic, Practicing Biodynamic

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“Nef des Folles” translates to “the nave of the mad”—a nave being the central area of a church which houses the congregation. Jean-Marie may well consider himself slightly mad, in his gently self-deprecating way, for such unorthodox experimentation, but this wine makes a wholly compelling plea for his sanity. Comprising Pinot Gris from the Obere Hund vineyard macerated for twelve days on its skins and aged in a single old foudre, this Pinot Gris is vivid and luscious, with notes of honeycomb, ripe apricot, and chamomile. It is both palate-coating and gentle, exuding a sense of calm in its equipoise, and its total lack of added sulfur manifests in a palate of great purity and directness.