"The NV Brut Nature Cuvée No. 204 is an assemblage of spontaneously fermented Pinot Noir (50%), Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc (each 25%) sourced from top sites of the villages of Gimmeldingen, Königsbach and Mußbach (limestone and sandstone soils) in September 2021.

Vinified in oak, bottled in May of 2022 and disgorged after 31 months sur lattes in November 2024, the Cuvée 204 opens with a beautifully pure yet intense and elegant bouquet that plays well with reductive (yeasty) and oxidative (fruit) and features ripe or stewed apple and pear aromas intermingled with iodine and lemon notes.

Elegant, fresh and refined on the palate, this is a light, lean and quite citric sparkling wine from a vintage that nowadays has an unusually rainy and coolish summer. The mousse is remarkably refined and gentle, and the saline finish reveals fine bread favors. This is probably the finest, lightest and most delicate cuvée of the young 200 series so far. I'd serve it with sardines in oil. 12% stated alcohol. Tasted in February 2025."

Stephan Reinahardt | Robert Parker