The Goepp estate has roots in the region for over 70 years, when Jacques and Andres Goepp ran the estate. The most recent incumbents of the estate are Clément and Sylvain, taking it on in 2019 from their father Gerard. Sylvain has long studied and worked in wine, spending time working with Patrick Bouju in the Auvergne and Clément came back to wine after working in landscaping. 

The 11 hectares of vines are spread over 3 communes at the foot of Mont Sainte-Odile,
Barr, Bernardswiller and of course, Heiligenstein. All the grape varieties of Alsace are represented including the rare Savagnin rose, the Klevener of Heiligenstein from which they produce a delicious deep white wine and a crunchy aromatic maceration. 

Taking inspiration from Sylvain's travels and the vibrant local wine scene, their first move when taking over the estate was to convert the estate to organics, going further than their predecessors who nevertheless has still worked to leave grass in the vines to prevent soil erosion and had always harvested by hand. They also decided to work completely without additives, including sulfites. They were helped by the support of winemakers like Bouju, Kumpf Et Meyer and Pierre Andrey in Lorraine who bought grapes and in some cases finished wines from the brothers, guaranteeing significant sales. 

In their own wines there is remarkable precision in what they are doing already, with the wines often stable open for a couple of days even as they eschew additions. They have tension and focus and speak of winemakers committed and decisive in their actions. Another very exciting addition to the pantheon of new winemakers in what is one of the most vibrant wine regions of France at the moment. 

This Riesling comes from the clay-silt soils of the commune of Bernardswiller. The 2023 was lean, fresh and mineral and we managed to convince them to put it into keg for us exclusively at a wonderful price.

This Sylvaner comes from one of the estate's finest terroirs, in the commune of Heiligenstein, in the lieu-dit
Weinberg, which translates to "wine mountain." Its soil is clay-limestone, and its
vines are over 45 years old, resulting in a
rich and mineral Sylvaner with a beautiful tension, while still retaining a luscious character. Its yields are 40 hl/ha.
Aged for 11 months in century-old oak casks.

The 2022 is quite remarkablem given an extended ageing in bottle and is now drinking wonderfully punching way above it's price point!

This Sylvaner comes from one of the estate's finest terroirs, in the commune of Heiligenstein, in the lieu-dit
Weinberg, which translates to "wine mountain." Its soil is clay-limestone, and its
vines are over 45 years old, resulting in a
rich and mineral Sylvaner with a beautiful tension, while still retaining a luscious character. Its yields are 40 hl/ha.
Aged for 11 months in century-old oak casks.

2024 was a fresher vintage and this is already drinking wonderfully, mineral, fresh, but with lovely texture.

This Riesling comes from the clay-silt soils of the commune of Bernardswiller. It's a blend of two vintages to provide balance, they were vinified the same way, in 100 year old huge traditional alsace foudre, the 2023 spending 23 months and the 2024 11 months.

100% Riesling The Salzhof terroir is located above the Kirchberg of Barr, on a southeast-facing slope at an altitude of 350 meters, with a well-drained, stony, marl-limestone soil. This terroir imparts a beautiful salinity to this Riesling. Aged for 11 months in
oak casks. Salty and mineral, this is unique and totally delicious.

100% Pinot Gris from low-yielding 50 year old vines aged in foudre for 13 months. Floral, textured and long this is a wonderful example of a grape that is often misunderstood. Delicious.

This remarkable Gewürztraminer is from a parcel cultivated on the Grand Cru Kirchberg De Barr on very hard limestone and mark. Macerated in whole bunches for 7 days it manages to keep the florals of the varietal in check with a beautiful salinity and freshness. One of the best examples of the style I have tried, with wonderful balance. 2024 was a cooler vintage and this is fresh, aromatic and very bright.

Klevener de Heiligenstein is the rarest type of wine in Alsace, produced from the Savagnin Rose varietal of which there are only 40 hectares located in the municipality of Heiligenstein. The Goepp brother have some, nearly 30 year old vines, grown on clay-siliceous soil in the hills under the Vosges at the foot of Mont Sainte- Odile. The varietal is distinguished by a softer aromatic palette, more mineral and with greater length in the mouth than its cousin, the Gewurztraminer. It has something of the exotic about, similar to Savagnin, this is a wonderful example with an oxidative edge, that is good to drink now, but will also age wonderfully. Unique, powerful and complex, grab this while you can, as we didn't get much. 

2024 was a cooler vintage and this wine is very mineral, fresh and clean but still with the signature depth of fruit of the varietal.

The hillside of this grand cru, located at an altitude of 280m on limestone-marl offers a unique exposition for the expression of Riesling. Originally this site was a forest and orchards. The vines are 30 years old and have very low yields, they age this on total lees for 18 months in large Alsatian foundre before bottling. It is crystalline, long and very mineral, a wonderful wine.

2023 was a brilliantly balanced vintage for this wine and one of our favourites so far.

100% Pinot Noir, the grapes come from a
vineyard around thirty years old, thriving on a silty soil, with yields of 40 hl/ha. 2024, a cooler year but this wine is brimming with bright fruit and drinking very well already.