Christian Binner Bombisch! Pinots Macérés 2019

The Wine: Christian Binner Bombisch! Pinots Macérés 2019 Christian Binner Bombisch! Pinots Macérés is made from Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir grapes farmed organically in Alsace, France. The grapes for this great Alsace wine are hand-harvested and sorted manually in the vineyard. They then undergo two weeks of whole-bunch co-maceration before being lightly pressed and fermented. Bombisch! is bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no sulfur added. The Producer: Christian Binner The Binner family, established in the village of Ammerschwihr since 1770, initially engaged in polyculture, later transitioning to full-fledged wine-growing post-World War II. The family has a long-standing tradition of organic farming, a practice preceding official certifications. In the 1950s, despite the agricultural shift towards mechanization and chemical fertilizers, the Binners, led by the patriarch of the family, remained committed to traditional farming methods. They continued with labor-intensive handwork, usin