Alsace Vintages

Given the range of grape varieties, soils and wine styles made in Alsace, generalising about vintages is not easy. But with sweet wines falling in popularity, and the increasingly acclaimed Pinot Noirs still establishing themselves, most commentary on the merits of vintages relates the quality of the dry whites – notably the famous Rieslings. Recent years have been relatively kind to the region, with few duds from 2015 onwards. 2021 was tricky, with a reduced crop due to damp conditions, but 2022 and 2023 were both stellar, while of the older years, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 constituted a fine run of vintages, yielding wines which, from the grand cru sites, are already ageing well.