Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes
⏳ wine.drinking_window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Alsatian onion tart, grilled freshwater fish, choucroute garnie
✨ wine.spec_sheet
Domaine Dirler-Cad 's Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes is a masterclass in elevating a historically underestimated grape. While Sylvaner was once widely planted across Alsace and often relegated to simple, everyday blends, this cuv e honors the variety's true potential through the lens of ancient vines and biodynamic viticulture. Sourced from old parcels in the clay-limestone soils of Bergholtz, the deep-rooted vines yield concentrated, low-yielding fruit that captures a profound sense of place. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on its fine lees, this wine defies the stereotype of Sylvaner as merely light and simple. Instead, it offers a beautifully textured, mineral-driven profile, marked by vibrant orchard fruits, delicate white floral notes, and a distinct, stony salinity that reflects the estate's meticulous, horse-plowed soils.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Established in 1871 by Jean Dirler in the village of Bergholtz, Domaine Dirler-Cadé is a pioneering force in Alsace's biodynamic wine movement. Now run by the fifth generation, Jean-Christophe Dirler and his wife Ludivine Cadé, the estate expanded in 1998 through the union of their family vineyards. The domaine is deeply committed to ecological balance, achieving full biodynamic certification and utilizing traditional horse-drawn plowing to preserve the soils of their prestigious Grand Cru plots, including Kessler, Spiegel, Saering, and Kitterlé. They are highly acclaimed for their precise, terroir-driven white wines, particularly mineral-rich Rieslings, expressive Pinot Gris, and elegant Gewurztraminers.Lineage and respect for the land define their craft, producing wines of exceptional purity and longevity.Address: 13 Rue d'Orschwihr, 68500 Bergholtz, Alsace, France. Website: https://www.dirler-cade.com