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Jean Ginglinger Ruest Alsace White Wine 2023

Name: Jean Ginglinger Ruest Alsace White Wine 2023
Brand: Jean Ginglinger
SKU: GINGLINGER-RUESTBLANC
Price: 35.00 USD
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Style: Dry, light-bodied white; the combination of Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner gives a profile that is more about freshness and mineral salinity than aromatic intensity; clean and precise, with a saline, almost umami-inflected character that Jean-François Ginglinger's wines are known for
Grapes & terroir: 50% Pinot Blanc, 50% Sylvaner; Ruest lieu-dit, Pfaffenheim, Alsace; chalky limestone soils; biodynamically farmed, vineyards worked by horse and plough; 6.5-hectare estate 12 km south of Colmar
Winemaking: Direct press; spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel; lees aging in stainless steel; bottled unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfur at any point
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 48–52°F; no decanting required; works well both as an aperitif and alongside food from the first pour
Pairing: Choucroute garnie
Similar to: Consumers who enjoy dry, mineral-driven Loire Valley whites such as Muscadet or lean Alsatian Pinot Blanc will find familiar ground here; the salinity and restraint place it in a similar register

Jean Ginglinger Ruest Alsace White Wine 2023 is a dry still white wine produced by Jean-François Ginglinger at his biodynamically farmed estate in Pfaffenheim, Alsace. The Ruest is a 50/50 blend of Pinot Blanc and Sylvaner from the Ruest lieu-dit, where vines grow on chalky limestone soils worked by horse and plough. Grapes are direct-pressed and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks, then aged in steel on the lees. Jean Ginglinger Ruest Alsace White Wine 2023 is bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfur, at 12.5% ABV, under the Alsace AOC appellation.

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Producer profile

Jean Ginglinger

Jean-François Ginglinger farms 6.5 hectares of vines in Pfaffenheim in the southern Haut-Rhin, a village 12 kilometres south of Colmar. The Ginglinger family has been involved in viticulture in this part of Alsace since 1610, and the domaine in its current form was established by Jean-François's father in 1962. Jean-François took over the estate in the late 1990s and has since redirected its approach entirely toward biodynamic farming and natural winemaking.

The conversion to organic farming began in 1997 and Demeter biodynamic certification followed in 2001. Jean-François stepped back from the formal Demeter certification in 2009 to avoid the associated fees, but continues to apply the same biodynamic principles in the vineyard. Horse-drawn ploughing was introduced in 2015, replacing mechanical tillage. Cover crops are maintained and no synthetic treatments are used. His mentor and guide in the direction of natural winemaking was his uncle Gérard Schueller, the pioneering Alsatian natural wine producer, and conversations with Jean-Pierre Frick and his cousin Bruno Schueller also shaped his approach in the cellar.

Jean-François's winemaking is minimalist by design. Fermentations are spontaneous, conducted in stainless steel tanks without chaptalization or added yeasts. No sulfur is added at any point, a practice he has maintained consistently since 2003. Wines are bottled without fining or filtration. Around a third of the estate falls within the Grand Cru vineyards of Steinert and Pfingstberg, though Jean-François does not apply for Grand Cru classification, as he has no interest in making wines to the residual sugar levels favoured by the appellation tasting panels.

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Wine region

Alsace, France

Alsace occupies a narrow strip of northeastern France between the Vosges Mountains to the west and the Rhine River to the east, running approximately 170 kilometres from Marlenheim in the north to Thann in the south. The Vosges create a significant rain shadow, making Alsace one of the driest wine regions in France despite its northern latitude. This combination of warmth, sunshine, and well-drained soils allows for reliable ripening of a wide range of grape varieties.

Pfaffenheim, where Jean-François Ginglinger farms, lies in the southern part of the Haut-Rhin department, around 12 kilometres south of Colmar. The village sits at the foot of the Vosges foothills in an area where limestone and chalk soils dominate, giving wines grown there a characteristic mineral tension and saline quality. The Ruest is a lieu-dit within this zone, a named parcel whose chalky limestone subsoil contributes directly to the wine's structure and mineral character.

Alsace's appellation system is divided into three tiers: the broad Alsace AOC for varietal wines, the Alsace Grand Cru AOC covering 51 named single-vineyard sites, and Crémant d'Alsace for sparkling wines produced by the traditional method. The region's classic white grape varieties are Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Muscat, alongside Pinot Blanc, Sylvaner, and Auxerrois for lighter, more everyday styles. Pinot Noir is the only red grape permitted under Alsace AOC. Alsace is distinctive among French wine regions for labelling wines primarily by grape variety rather than place name, a convention that reflects its historical cultural ties to Germany.

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