Domaine Trapet père et fils

When a Burgundian winegrower meets an Alsatian winegrower, a house with two sides is born. In Beblenheim, across 14 hectares including 4.5 of grands crus, Andrée and Jean-Louis Trapet, joined by their sons Pierre and Louis, offer a biodynamic reading of Alsace's finest terroirs.
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Domaine Trapet père et fils

The estate in a few words

RQWR Alsace Riquewihr blanc sec 2024 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

RQWR Alsace Riquewihr dry white 2024 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

  • 12 % vol
  • AOC Alsace
  • 0.75 L

22,00 €

Ambre Blanc Muscat Macéré blanc 2022 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

Ambre Blanc Muscat Macéré white 2022 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

  • Vin de France
  • 0.75 L

29,00 €

Alsace Grand Cru Schlossberg blanc sec 2020 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

Alsace Grand Cru Schlossberg dry white 2020 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

  • AOC Alsace Grand Cru Schlossberg
  • 0.75 L

60,00 €

Alsace Grand Cru Schoenenbourg blanc doux 2015 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

Alsace Grand Cru Schoenenbourg sweet white 2015 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

  • AOC Alsace Grand Cru Schoenenbourg
  • 0.75 L

60,00 €

Chapelle 1441 Alsace Pinot Noir rouge 2024 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

Chapelle 1441 Alsace Pinot Noir red 2024 - Domaine Trapet Père et Fils

  • AOC Alsace
  • 0.75 L

29,00 €

When a Burgundian winegrower meets an Alsatian winegrower, a house with two sides is born. In Beblenheim, across 14 hectares including 4.5 of grands crus, Andrée and Jean-Louis Trapet, joined by their sons Pierre and Louis, offer a biodynamic reading of Alsace's finest terroirs.

A story of handing down

The Alsace estate grew out of a family inheritance. In 2003, Andrée Trapet took over her parents' vines in Riquewihr and switched the whole estate to biodynamics with no transition period; the estate is now Demeter certified. From 2006, three grands crus joined the estate (Sporen, Schlossberg and Schoenenbourg), followed by Mambourg in 2019. Five Alsace grands crus are farmed today: Schoenenbourg, Schlossberg, Sporen, Sonnenglanz and Mambourg.

Biodynamics as a framework, not a label

At Trapet, biodynamics is not a marketing badge: it has been the backbone of the estate for more than twenty years. With the arrival of Pierre (2017) and then Louis (2018), a new wave of experimentation got under way: converting all the plots to échalas (single-stake) training, replanting at a higher density of 12,000 vines per hectare, and planting ungrafted Riesling in the Schlossberg grand cru in 2020. The work is done with the long term in mind.

Five cuvées to understand the estate

The selection listed at Les Vins de Carole covers the four families of the Alsace range:

  • The Grands Crus: Schoenenbourg 2015, on the dolomitic and gypsum-bearing Keuper marls of Riquewihr; Schlossberg 2020, on the granitic migmatites of Kientzheim, the first Alsace grand cru classified by decree, in 1975. Two Rieslings for ageing, two opposite profiles of equal precision.
  • The Villages: RQWR Riquewihr 2024, a single-plot Riesling from one hectare adjoining the Schlossberg, more approachable than the grands crus but made with the same rigour.
  • The Macerated wines: Ambre Blanc 2022, a Muscat vinified with skin maceration for about two weeks. Born of the momentum Pierre and Louis have brought since 2018, it extends to Muscat the quest begun with Gewurztraminer.
  • The Alsace wines: Chapelle 1441 Rouge 2024. The cuvée takes its name from the Saint-Erhard church in Riquewihr, consecrated in 1441, whose restoration is close to the family's heart. The Pinot Noir comes from the best terroirs of Riquewihr and from a plot in the Grand Cru Froehn in Zellenberg.

Why these wines matter

Few estates combine a presence in two major wine regions (Gevrey-Chambertin and Riquewihr), a biodynamic commitment of more than two decades, and the ability to produce both wines for ageing from historic grands crus and contemporary macerated wines. For anyone looking to understand the Alsace of today (mineral precision, a return to old practices, openness to new winemaking methods), Trapet is an obvious way in.

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