# Tout Blanc (2024)

- **Producer:** Domaine Rietsch
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Auxerrois, Riesling
- **Region:** Alsace, France
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 11.4%
- **Average price:** €18
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 8–10 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** lemon, lime, peach, grapefruit

## About this wine

Domaine Rietsch is based in Mittelbergheim, Central Alsace, where the family has maintained viticultural roots since the 17th century. Jean-Pierre Rietsch took over winemaking in 1987 and converted the estate to certified organic farming in 2008. Jean-Pierre and Sophie Rietsch are celebrated pioneers of non-interventionist natural winemaking in Alsace, crafting terroir-driven wines with minimal intervention. Bottled in a generous 1-litre format, Tout Blanc is created as an energetic, accessible sharing wine.

## Interesting facts

- Bottled in a generous 1-litre format intended as a convivial sharing wine.
- The Rietsch family has been rooted in Mittelbergheim viticulture since the 17th century.
- The estate was fully converted to certified organic viticulture in 2008.

## Food pairing

The vibrant acidity and bright citrus characteristics effortlessly cut through rich, creamy, or salty traditional Alsatian dishes like raclette and choucroute, while complementing delicate fresh seafood and goat cheese with precision.

## Wine making process

Hand-harvested from clay-limestone and limestone-sandstone soils in Mittelbergheim and Mutzig, the grapes undergo direct pressing with a brief overnight maceration. Fermentation occurs spontaneously using indigenous yeasts. The wine completes full malolactic fermentation and ages on fine lees for 8 months in temperature-controlled tanks. A light filtration with cellulose plates is carried out alongside minimal sulfur additions before bottling.