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.  Using homeopathic treatments and practices, the soil remains alive and well-balanced, yielding healthy and high-quality grapes.  In 1995, 1.5 hectares of the famous Val d’Eleon were purchased and cleared, and Riesling-the ideal varietal for grey schist-and Pinot Gris were planted.

Today, Marc manages the estate with the aid of his wife, Emmanuelle, and his children, Manfred and Antoine, who work alongside him and share his philosophy.

Marc 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.

Marc Kreydenweiss uses the following biodynamic techniques to care for his vines:

-Severe pruning to control yield; after debudding, all extra shoots are removed from the vine trunk to allow the sunlight access to the grapes and to improve aeration

-The vines are thinned out after flowering to ensure a correct distribution of the bunches on the vine

-Manuel harvest and sorting, followed by a second sorting before destalking

Lieu-dit: Pinot Boir

Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir from Pierre and Jacqueline, Luc and Philippe – these are the growers who supply the domaine with the grapes for this wine.  All are very close friends of the winemaker, Antoine.

Terroir: Very stony soil mainly composed of quartz, on a base of ferruginous and alluvial-clayey sub-soil.

Certification: Organic

Production Area: 1.2 hectares

Vinification: Whole bunch fermentation

Tasting Notes: This is a gourmet Pinot Noir which reveals the intensity and the flavor of the fruit. This cuvée has a lovely mouth feel with a juicy finish. In French, “Boire” means “to drink”. It is a wordplay to emphasize the fact that it is a wine to drink in good company. Dry wine.

Lieu-dit: Pinot Boir

Grape Varieties: Blend of all the domain’s grape varieties – Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Sylvaner, Riesling, Pinot Gris, and skin-macerated Gewurztraminer

Terroir: A mix of different Alsacian terroirs. This wine represents the diversity of Alsace.

Certification: Organic

Production Area: 0.80 hectares

Tasting Notes: A new release! Easy to drink and unpretentious, fruity and mineral.  In French, “Boire” means “to drink”.  It is a wordplay to emphasize the fact that it is a wine to drink in good company.  Dry wine.

Location:  Situated in an area contiguous to Wiebelsberg

Production Area: 1.25 hectares

Soil: Pink sandstone Vosges soil

Grape Variety: 100% Riesling

Tasting Notes: This is the Village Riesling-light golden color, youthful nose with a medium-pronounced intensity.  Jammy and yet very fresh aroma of peach and apricot.  Dry on the palate, medium acidity.  Medium body with intense mineral and peach flavors. Well balanced Riesling.

Cellaring Potential: Ready to drink but can age for 3-4 more years

Overview: A type of Burgundy that, due to the fullness of this grape variety, is harvested when almost ultra ripe

Location: Situated on a semi-hilly area with solifluction deposits.

Production Area: 2.44 hectares

Exposition: South

Altitude: 200 meters

Soil: Ferruginous clay, stony and rich in quartz.

Average Age of the Vines: 20-40 years old

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Grape Varieties: Pinot Blanc and Pinot Auxerrois

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity. Organic farming by Ecocert and biodynamics by Biodyvin.

Vinification: Slow pressing of whole bunches. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Aging: On lees in oak foudres for 15 months before bottling.

Tasting Notes: Expressive nose, fruity and floral, the palate is explosive, dense and juicy with a fresh and saline finish.

Food Pairings: Aperitif, salads, asparagus, charcuterie, choucroute, tartes flambées.

Serving Temperature: 10-12 °C

Cellaring: To drink. Potential 5 years.

Appellation: Crémant d’Alsace

Surface Area: 1.50 hectares

Soil: Silty clay

Altitude: 200-300m

Average Age of the Wines: 20 to 40 years

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Grape Varieties: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Auxerrois, Chardonnay

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity.  Organic farming by Ecocert.

Vinification: Slow pressing of whole bunches, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, aging on lees in oak foudres for one year before bottling for the second fermentation.

Aging: On the lees in bottle for 18 months.  No added sulfur.

Tasting Notes: A fine and delicate bubble.  The mouth reveals aromas of ripe and open fruit, harmonious on the palate.  Serve as an aperitif and with oysters.

Cellaring: To be drunk while young, but also can be kept for up to 5 years.

Grape Varieties: Riesling, Pinot Gris

Production Area: 1.32 hectares

Soil: Blue-grey Villé schist

Orientation: Southeast

Altitude: 230-300m

Average Age of the Vines: 30 years old

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity.

Vinification: Slow pressing of whole bunches, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, aging on lees in oak foudres for one year before bottling.  Unfiltered wine.

Tasting Notes: A very well balanced wine, with a pure nose with aromas of white fruits.  The palate is straight and tense, with a fine and salivating minerality, representative of the terroir.

Food Pairings: Seafood, fish, tartes flambées

Cellaring: Keep in the cellar between 5 and 20°C.  15 years cellaring potential.

Serving Suggestion: 11-13 °C, decant the wine before serving

Overview: In 1063, a hermit named Gottfried built a chapel here.  One relic from this chapel, a pillar, was moved by the Kreydenweiss ancestors to the cellars, where it remains.  The other vestige of the chapel is the “fountain of the children,” which is actually a well.  Local folklore says that young women were sent here to throw bits of sugar into the “fountain” which would help improve their fertility.

Location: AOC Alsace; located at the top of Kastelberg

Production Area: 0.65 hectares

Soil: La Fontaine aux Enfants vineyard is situated on a plateau of granite and schist soils

Vines: Planted with 50% Pinot Blanc and 50% Auxerrois vines.  Grapes cultivated from this terroir produce a wine with distinct smoky notes and plush fruit flavors of peach and plum.

Age of the Vines: Planted in 1998

Grape Variety: Pinot Blanc

Vinification: The vinification is traditional in ancestral (80-100 years old) oak barrels for 10 months

Tasting Notes: Fresh and mineral based on a beautiful structure. The nose is floral with hints of fresh grapes and fragrant herbs. The palate is soft and has a beautiful minerality.

Food Pairings: Pairs well with fish, white meat, frog legs and goat cheese

Cellaring Potential: Ready to drink and has aging potential of 10 years

Lieu-Dit: Clos Rebgarten “Le Jardin des Vignes” (“The Vineyard Garden”)

Grape Variety: 100% Gewurztraminer

Age of the Vines: >10 years

Terroir: Located in the heart of the town of Andlau, the Gewuztraminer vines are steeped in the local life of this little village. This plot benefits from a soil with a rich and complex mineral diversity, mainly composed of granitic sand deposits. This unique little part of the town is fully ploughed with the family’s draft horse.

Certification: Biodynamic since 1989 by Biodyvin

Production Area: 0.20 hectares

Tasting Notes: This orange colored wine is the result of a maceration with whole bunches of grapes followed by an aging in demi-muids.  Aromas of peony and tobacco on the nose.  The finesse and suppleness of the tannins bring a charming structure to the palate.  To drink now.  Orange dry wine.

Location: On the foothills of the Grand Cru Wiebelsberg

Production Area: 2.20 hectares

Soil: Pink Vosges sandstone

Exposition: Southeast

Altitude: 240-260 meters

Average Age of the Vines: 20-40 years old

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Grape Variety: 100% Riesling

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity. Organic farming by Ecocert and biodynamics by Biodyvin.

Vinification: Slow pressing of whole bunches. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Aging: On lees in oak foudres for 15 months before bottling.

Tasting Notes: A wine with aromas of citrus zest and exotic fruits, offering a fine and delicate palate with good minerality and noble bitters.

Food Pairings: Aperitif, fish, aged cheeses.

Serving Temperature: 10-12 °C

Cellaring: Ready to drink but can age for 7 years after vintage.

Overview: Kastelberg benefits from a geology that is unique in Alsace. In its first 5 years, the Grand Cru class of this Riesling, its length in the mouth and its complexity have all been recognized. Its typical cinnamon and flint aromas appear a little later on; the older vintages (1971-1959-1953) of Kastelberg provide the full measure of this Grand Cru.

Location: This terroir is located directly below Andlau and produces one of the oldest and most famous wines-It is mentioned as early as 1064.

Appellation: Alsace Grand Cru Kastelberg

Soil: Black Steige schist

Exposition: Southeast

Altitude: 240-310 meters

Grape Variety: 100% Riesling

Average Age of the Vines: 50 years old

Plant Density: 8,000 vines/ha

Production Area: 0.90 hectares

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity. Organic farming by Ecocert and biodynamics by Biodyvin.

Vinification: Slow pressing of whole bunches. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Aging: On lees in oak foudres for 45 months before bottling.

Tasting Notes: A complex wine, patience and time are required to appreciate it at its true value. On the nose aromas of spices and ripe yellow berries. Quite discreet in its young years, this wine is straight and tight in the mouth, its power offers a very pleasant tannic structure. The richness of this particular terroir brings a beautiful minerality to this wine.

Food Pairings: Fish, shellfish, poultry, aged cow milk cheeses.

Serving Temperature: 12-14 °C, decant the wine before serving.

Cellaring: To drink or to keep. Potential 25 years.

Location: Located on the outer edge of the Andlau Valley on a steep southeasterly slope.

Production Area: 1.58 hectares

Soil: Pink sandstone Vosges soil, which drains well and heats up rapidly

Climate: An ideal microclimate for producing a Grand Cru, whose mineral expression is revealed in the Riesling

Vinification: Rigorous sorting is carried out in the winery before the grapes are crushed in the press.  Natural yeasts control the fermentation, which is done in Vosges oak foudres (large oval barrels).  Full malolactic fermentation occurs naturally due to the high natural acidity in the wines.

Aging: Maturation lasts just under a year on lees

Tasting Notes: The wine is young and floral (acacia, roses) and has a discrete fruitiness (citrus, ripe pear, peach, and mango).  Given time, it also offers spiced aromas (cinnamon, nutmeg, and orange) and an intensity both pure and harmonious.

Location: Located west of the Moenchberg Grand Cru

Production Area: 0.74 hectares

Soil: Silty and clayey soil that generally produces a dry wine.

Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Gris

Vinification: The vinification is traditional in ancestral (80-100 years old) oak barrels for 10 months

Tasting Notes: This white, dry, full-bodied wine has a mineral expression with tones of fruit and nuts. The long finish winds up on a nutmeg note. Ready to drink.

Appellation: Alsace Grand Cru Moenchberg

Surface Area: 0.70 hectares

Soil: Marl and Sandstone, glacial deposits

Altitude: 230-260m

Average Age of the Vines: 35 years

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Grape Variety: Pinot Gris

Viticulture: The vines are worked according to the principles of biodynamics, with respect for biodiversity.

Vinification: Blend of direct pressing and maceration of whole bunches for one week, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, ageing on lees in oak Demi-muids for one year before bottling. Unfiltered wine.

Tasting Notes: On the attack, the wine is structured, ample, expressing all the horizontality of the marls, then the freshness, minerality and elegance of the sandstones are revealed. The tannins are present with finesse.

Cellaring: To drink or to keep. Potential 15 years

Overview: This wine is inspired by an ancestral method: since antiquity, white and red grapes have been mixed and vinified with long macerations to preserve the wine naturally.  Kreydenweiss’ pellicular maceration of 10 days allows for extracting and infusing in the must the most beautiful aromatic components, colors, and tannins of the grapes.

Grape Varieties: 4 noble Alsatian varietals (Riesling, Pinot Gris, Muscat, Gewurztraminer), married with white varietals of southern France (Viognier, Grenache blanc, Vermentino).

Appellation: Vin de France

Tasting Notes: This wine possesses a beautiful orange-amber color.  The mouth is complex; the attack unfolds with lovely fruity aromas (candied apricot, mandarin, and kumquat), and curry spices, and then gives way to slightly peaty notes.  This is a dry wine with lots of body supported by a fine, tannic structure.

Food Pairings: The aromatic richness makes this wine the perfect complement to a wide variety of foods, such as pan-fried fish, smoked meats, as well as dishes with lighter spices (Espelette pepper, curcurma, ginger), roasted vegetables, or very simply with a cheese plate.

Appellation: IGP Coteaux du Pont du Gard

Grape Varieties: Grenache, Mourvèdre

Soil: Ferruginous soil made up of pebbles, composite mixture of shale, flint, sandstone, quartz, and limestone.

Average Age of the Vines: 20-50 years old

Plant Density: 5,000 vines/ha

Viticulture: The vines are cultivated according to the principles of biodynamic agriculture, with the respect of biodiversity. Certified organic & biodynamic farming by Ecocert & Biodyvin since 1999.

Production Area: 3 hectares

Vinification: Hand harvesting with sorting. One day maceration. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts.

Aging: 8 months in stainless steel tank.

Tasting Notes: Floral, elegant, airy, and fresh. The nose opens with strong hibiscus notes and a touch of cranberry. The palate is full and fresh with a very delicate finish.

Food Pairings: Fine fish (red mullet), fowl, beef carpaccio.

Serving Temperature: 12-14°C

Cellaring: 5 years max.