We are pleased to announce the launch of our new PRIMEUR 2025 campaign. The primeur sales are an opportunity to access preferential rates on all our Grands Vins de Terroirs thanks to a differential of about 30% below the official rate at the time of their delivery. By buying in primeur, you can be sure of having access to an allocation of our rarest vintages. More than a reservation, it is the possibility of committing yourself with us to excellence and fine wines and to weave together a bond of trust.
Dear friends, dear customers,
It is with unadulterated pleasure that I take up my pen once again, on this sweltering day in June 2026—marked by the second historic heat wave of the year—to faithfully introduce our 2025 en primeur offering. This collection features wines produced last year, which are now completing—and in some cases, lingering a bit longer than usual—their aging on the lees in the cellar’s gentle coolness. It’s 8° in here, compared to 34° outside! The vines, whose growth cycle is exceptionally rapid this year (2026), give us a welcome respite: flowering is complete, fruit set is finished, trellising is nearly done, and the vines are in exceptional health. Some lighter soils are already suffering a bit from drought. All that remains is to water the young vines and tend the soil to prepare for late-summer planting. This is a crucial planting season, as the end of the year will be marked by an EL NINO episode—a phenomenon we always dread. However, we’re starting to gain some experience with this here: Last year, June, July, and August were already marked by drought and scorching temperatures, offering remarkable potential in terms of both quality and quantity, before the skies opened up on the first day of harvest and sent us a full-blown Cévenol storm that wouldn’t have surprised our colleagues in Châteauneuf-du-Pape: 260 millimeters of rain—half of Alsace’s average annual rainfall—fell in just two weeks! 2025 is the story of a lightning-fast harvest, where quick and sound decisions were essential; of a resilient vineyard, too, that stood masterfully against the deluge; and of heroic harvesters who came to enjoy nature but spent two weeks in raincoats. All those patient measures and small details implemented over the years, starting from the time of planting, paid off in a major outbreak of Noble Rot. For, in all honesty, I must say and write of our joy in seeing that the Climats have all held their own and lived up to expectations: the 2025 vintage is exceptional and rivals the heights of the 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, and 2015 vintages. As usual, you’ll find the tasting notes from the cellar, which emphasize a tactile, intuitive, and energetic approach. As you now know, only the magical vibration of a fruit that is fully ripe and “present” produces the profound emotion we seek, triggering—through a triumphant surge of salivation—the carefully stored memory and bringing together, in a single moment, the taste and its memory, those who taste it, and the very uniqueness of that moment itself. This is the grace that is sometimes bestowed upon us by the “Hauts Lieux”. Enjoy reading, everyone!
P.S.: Special attention goes to the 2025 Cellar, the one marking the arrival of a giant! Between the Altenberg and the Schoenenbourg, right next to the Schlossberg, near the barrels from Mambourg and Marckrain, the Rangen intrigues and stands out. We already had almost everything!
All that was missing was the incandescence and the indelible burn of lava—and now it’s here!
Best regards,
Jean Michel DEISS