Domaine Marcel Deiss, Alsace Rouge 'Saint Hippolyte' 2021

Producer: Domaine Marcel DeissRegion: Alsace, FranceGrape Varieties: 95% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Gris, Pinot Beurot, Pinot BlancViticulture: Certified Organic, BiodynamicCategory: RedSize: 750ml   Jean-Michel Deiss has always been a trailblazer. After an old man on his deathbed entrusted him with one of Alsace’s gems, the Schoenenbourg vineyard, Jean-Michel found that it was planted to an old field blend, or “co-plantation”, instead of any single variety. He quickly realized that this was the missing link in his quest for terroir expression and, to much controversy at the time, replanted every one of his top vineyards to such blends. Ever since Jean-Michel took over this historic domaine in 1981, he has been known as a passionate man with strong beliefs that buck to no trend. Under his stewardship, he installed organic farming practices, before switching to biodynamics in 1998, eventually becoming one of the region’s loudest proponents of the practice. Through his forward-thinking viticul