{"product_id":"quand-j-etais-petit-gewurztraminer-anders-frederik-steen-natural-wine","title":"AFS Quand Gewurztraminer 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuand J'etais Petit, Je N'étais Pas Grand is a skin-contact Gewurztraminer sourced from 0.60 hectares of 50-year-old vines belonging to the Bannwarth family in Alsace. The vines grow on clay and limestone soils and are farmed organically and biodynamically. Anders Frederik Steen sources these grapes and, notably, vinifies them on site in Alsace in a cellar dedicated to him — not in his home base of Ardèche — treating the cellar itself as part of the local terroir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are hand-harvested and fermented spontaneously with native yeasts. Skin contact gives the wine its amber hue and textural grip, pulling tannin and phenolic structure from the grape skins that Gewurztraminer would not express in a conventional white winemaking approach. The wine is aged in old barrels, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is classified as Vin de France, which allows Steen full freedom to work outside Alsace AOC rules — appropriate given that skin maceration on Gewurztraminer sits well outside the regional norm. The 2016 vintage in Alsace delivered good natural acidity and ripe aromatics, giving the wine the structural backbone it needs for this style of vinification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine Laurent Bannwarth has been certified organic since 2004 and biodynamic since 2013. The estate, based near Colmar in the Haut-Rhin, grows the traditional Alsatian varieties — Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir — across soils of loess and loamy limestone. Stéphane Bannwarth is among the first French winemakers to have brought Georgian qvevri to Alsace, and his commitment to zero-intervention winemaking aligns directly with Steen's approach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anders Frederik Steen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31909159469149,"sku":"AFRSQUAN16C","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/AFS-quand-natural-wine.png?v=1780689530","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/quand-j-etais-petit-gewurztraminer-anders-frederik-steen-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}