Their highly-distinctive 2005 Pinot is 100% Pinot Noir vinified as a white (and resulting in a faint “partridge eye” color). Cherry and plum aromas are followed by a brisk mouthful of fresh fruit yet also a creamy touch from malo-lactic fermentation, and a finish of considerable grip. The domaine has essayed this cuvee – from a parcel Jean-Pierre Dirler says is simply more suited to white wine despite being planted to Pinot Noir – since 1995So enormous is the range of wines nowadays grown at the combined Dirler and Cade domaine that I did not have the time to taste them all. (All of those I did taste are at least mentioned in the text.) Along with the involvement of the new generation – Jean Dirler and his wife Ludivine (nee Cade) – the entire domaine has been farmed biodynamically since 1998 (and parts of the Kessler and Kitterle with horse), a factor the family thinks especially beneficial given the climatic extremes that have prevailed in recent years. Riesling and Pinot Gris are generally fermented in foudre here, and other whites usually in tank. Very few families of Alsace wine have exhibited long-term the consistent quality and age-ability one can expect of those bottled under the Dirler name.Importer: Robert Chadderdon Selections, New York, NY; tel. (212) 757-8185
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