Macération – Charles Frey

The Alsace orange wine from Domaine Charles Frey is called Macération: a fresh, structured and lively wine with notes of mandarin and pepper, made following “natural” methods and left unfiltered.

Domaine Charles Frey

At Domaine Charles Frey in Dambach-la-Ville, the family has tended vines since the 18th century. Having come from Switzerland, they started with 1.5 hectares before converting the estate to biodynamics in 1996, among the pioneers in Alsace. Since 2010 a bioclimatic solid-wood cellar has allowed longer ageing, and bottling, done at the estate, follows the biodynamic lunar calendar. Nesting boxes attract tits, natural predators of the grape moth.

The wine: Alsace orange wine

This AOP Alsace cuvée blends two plots, one planted on pink sandstone and the other on clay. Yields are 50 hl/ha. After a 10-day maceration, the wine is aged for 9 months in demi-muid on full lees, following “natural” methods: it is not filtered. It is fermented dry, with just 0.2 g/l of residual sugar and total acidity of 4.50 g/l.

Tasting notes

The nose is fresh, with mandarin and pepper followed by herbal-tea notes. On the palate it is structured, balanced, complex and lively.

Food pairing

Macération works as an aperitif, with fruit-based desserts or citrus salads.

Serving and ageing

The estate indicates ageing potential of 5 to 7 years.

Discover more

Also discover the Riesling Granite and the Pinot Noir Harmonie from the same estate, or browse all our orange wines.

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