Volker Eisele Family Estate
Best served slightly cool to highlight its freshness
or any time you want a white that’s both expressive and super easy to love
savory edge that feels both wild and incredibly refined
on ancient seabed soils full of stones
Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils, Riesling Schoenenbourg Grand Cru, 2023 NO-WINE-SEARCHER Volker Eisele Family EstateFor centuries, Schoenenbourg has been the cru where Riesling reigns, praised by writers going back generations. Above Riquewihr, its steep slopes sit on rare Keuper marl, dolomite and gypsum, soils that hold water and give the wine breadth, depth and real power. Trapet farms it biodynamically, and where their granite Schlossberg is all tension, this is broader and riper, an Alsace Riesling with shoulders. It's dry, saline and unmistakably built for