Jean-Baptiste Adam
Pinot Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes 2024
Region: FRANCE - ALSACE
Jean-Baptiste Adam
For more than 400 years, Jean-Baptiste Adam and his family have been grape growers and winemakers in Ammerschwihr. Throughout the centuries the Adam family has farmed vineyards, made wine, sold wine locally and sold wine in foreign lands. They survived the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, annexation by Germany and back to France, WWI, WWII, famine and disease.
Jean-Batiste V joined the winery in 1982, at the age of 21, after finishing his studies of wine, enology, and marketing. In 1996, Jean-Baptiste took over full management of the property from his father, Jean-Marie. Soon after taking charge of the company, he modernized the winery and created a processing and storage facility for the production of Crémant. In 2003, he converted the vineyards to biodynamic agriculture wholeheartedly and they are DEMETER certified since 2007. Today, he is considered a leader of biodynamic farming practices in Alsace.
Jean-Baptiste’s daughter, Laure, is the 15th generation to work in the family business. Armed with a BS in Viticulture and Enology, a Wine and Commerce license, and a master’s degree in Wine Management & Marketing, she is an integral part of all winery, viticulture and trade operations.
Jean-Baptiste Adam produces wines of elegance, balance, minerality and longevity.
The Wine
Vineyard Profile
Estate vineyard in Ammerschwihr.
- Altitude: 656 feet
- Exposure: Southeast
- Soil: Granite
- Vines Planted: 1958
- Certified biodynamic by DEMETER
Harvest Notes
- Hand harvested with strict berry selection
- Extended, gentle pneumatic pressing
- Cold settled
- Fermented using only indigenous yeast in century-old oak casks at 68ºF
- Aged in casks
Winemaker's Notes
Pale, bright clear yellow with golden highlights. Notes of white flowers and fresh fruit on the nose. A generous texture with a fresh, fruity finish, elegant and complex.
Wine Summary
Primarily Pinot Auxerrois; alcohol: 12.75%; vines planted in 1958 in granite soil; hand harvested with strict berry selection; cold settled; fermented at 68ºF in century-old oak casks; aged in casks; certified biodynamic by DEMETER.
Technical Information
- Pinot Auxerrois
- Alcohol: 12.75%
- Total Acidity: 2.79%
- Residual Sugar: 0.81 g/l
General Info
| Country | France |
| Region | Alsace |
| Appellation(s) | AOP ALSACE – AOP CREMANT D’ALSACE- AOP ALSACE GRAND CRU -AOP VENDANDES TARDIVES- AOP SELECTION DE GRAINS NOBLES |
| Proprietors | Jean-Baptiste Adam, Laure Adam |
| Founded | 1614 |
| Winemaker | Mathilde Jaegler and Philippe Ruhlmann |
| Annual Production | 50,000 to 66,000 9L cases |
| Farming (Sustainable, organic, biodynamic) | Farmed using organic principles, DEMETER certified biodynamic since 2007. In France, certified organic by EcoCert France. |