Rolly Gassmann Riesling Alsace

The Gassmann family has been making wine in the village of Rorschwihr since 1661. The current domaine name dates to the 1967 marriage of Marie-Therese Rolly and Louis Gassmann. Today the estate is largely managed by their son Pierre Gassmann. With 126 acres under vine and vast cellars extending six stories deep under their hillside and capable of holding a million bottles of wine, Domaine Rolly-Gassman makes some of the most compelling wines in Alsace. In 1997 they added a biodynamic philosophy to their traditional ongoing approach of minimal interference with the vines.

The estate's Riesling is both opulent and racy, with wonderful notes of honeyed citrus, peach, yellow plum, and mineral. There is some residual sweetness here, but there's balancing acidity to keep things on the up-and-up. Delightful served alongside a spicy Thai curry!