Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Alsatian onion tart, fresh seafood platters, and traditional choucroute garnie.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic cooperative of Wolfberger, founded in Eguisheim in 1902, this Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes pays homage to one of Alsace's traditional, yet often underappreciated, grape varieties. While Sylvaner was once widely planted across the region, these 'Vieilles Vignes' (old vines) represent a treasured heritage. The deep-rooted old vines draw rich complexity from Alsace's diverse mosaic of terroirs, yielding a wine with far more concentration, structure, and mineral depth than younger plantings. Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks to preserve its pristine fruit character, this white wine showcases a beautiful balance of bright citrus, green apple, and delicate white floral notes, underpinned by a refreshing, stony minerality that reflects its classic Alsatian origin.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1902 in the historic medieval village of Eguisheim, Wolfberger began as the Cave Coopérative Vinicole d'Eguisheim, among the pioneering winegrower unions of Alsace. Today, the cooperative unites over 300 member families cultivating roughly 1,200 hectares spanning across the Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin, including holdings across 15 Grand Cru sites such as Pfersigberg, Eichberg, and Rangen. Viticultural parcels traverse diverse geological foundations—ranging from classic limestone-clay and marl to fractured granite and steep volcanic scree—sheltered by the rain shadow of the Vosges Mountains. Viticulture adheres to rigorous sustainable guidelines through HVE Level 3 and Agri-Confiance certifications, complemented by dedicated certified-organic bottlings. Wolfberger has cemented its international reputation as both an innovator and benchmark producer of AOC Crémant d'Alsace, alongside precision-led still varietals. Its benchmark wines range from vibrant Riesling and Gewurztraminer Vieilles Vignes to richly concentrated Vendanges Tardives and botrytized Sélection de Grains Nobles.