White Awakening 2022

Eveil Blanc 2022

Domaine Einhart

Still, Muschelkalk (see below), once again magnified by Domaine Einhart! And exclusively at Culinaries to boot. This Éveil cuvée offers an extraordinary taste experience, on par with the complex and nuanced wines to which Théo Einhart has accustomed us, marked by the minerality of the purest oolitic limestone of Alsace.

Éveil is a social, sociable, and additive-free dry white wine that will shine on any occasion and in any season, although we find it very suited to summer temperatures and Indian summer. The color is golden white, brilliant, and the first nose perceives delicate aromas of white fruits as well as a light floral touch. The freshness is evident on the palate, well supported by the minerality of the Muschelkalk terroir, a loamy-clay-limestone soil characteristic of this Alsatian terroir. A subtle salinity, a horizontal limestone, typical of the Einhart style. The finesse and vivacity rest on a full and tense note in the background.

All these qualities are perfectly balanced, giving this wine an eminently convivial character. Riesling (30%) and Auxerrois (70%) come together to form this very well-built wine, made for sharing and friendship. Still young and leaving nothing to be unknown of its complexity and robustness, Éveil promises to acquire very becoming notes of maturity over the months. The vines, around twenty-five years old, grow at the top of cool, windy, south-facing hillsides. They are harvested by hand, then directly pressed, with the berries soaked in the juice for twenty-four hours, which encourages the start of fermentation using indigenous yeasts. These practices preserve the authenticity of the terroir. The wine is aged for eight months in Pinot Noir barrels on fine lees, highlighting its freshness and drinkability. Serve this beautiful vintage between 8°C and 10°C.

You can drink it now or keep it for a few years to benefit from its potential for evolution, which is always interesting with wines from limestone terroirs. Also note that this wine, of unfailing solidity, bears the Einhart trademark: from experience, a bottle was able to last ten days in the refrigerator without a cork and has not budged a bit. Don't look too hard for perfect pairings, this all-terrain wine will harmonize with everything you like. And especially with those you love.

Learn more about Domaine Einhart

Located in the northern part of the Alsatian vineyard, horizontally above Strasbourg, Domaine Einhart is a ten-hectare family estate whose vines are located on the hillsides that rise between the Alsace plain and the Vosges mountains. The soil is clay-limestone and rich in fossils (muschelkalk, i.e. shell limestone and oolitic limestone, and lettenkohle or dolomitic limestone). Since 1990, Nicolas Einhart has been at the helm, now assisted by his son Théo. True to his commitments to the TIFLO association, of which he is co-founder, Nicolas devotes his winemaking work to protecting the land and biodiversity, making wine without inputs, refusing harmful phytosanitary products and maintaining ecological refuge areas. His estate has been certified organic since 2011. Like Jean-Marc Dreyer, he is resolutely moving towards skin maceration and produces white maceration wines (orange wines) in addition to a Pinot Noir red. Entirely manual harvesting, destemming of the bunches, light punching down and delicate pressing are characteristic of the estate, as well as the separate vinification of each terroir, aging on lees and the absence of filtration before bottling. The wines are made from pure grapes, lively, powerful, invigorating, and reflect the minerality of the beautiful terroirs of the Vosges foothills.