Domaine Schoffit

Bernard Schoffit was a pioneer in Alsace's greatest Grand Cru, Rangen de Thann. The domaine started by Bernard's father, Robert at 10 hectares, is based near Colmar. Thirty years ago and after years of negotiation, Bernard embarked on an ambitious program of buying vineyard land in the central part of Rangen, including the Clos St Théobold which faces due south. Through sheer determination and ambition, he reclaimed all 6.5 hectares, a good part of which had been abandoned because it was too steep to work.

Today Bernard is still very active in the vineyard, though he has now formally passed the reins to the third generation, his son Alexandre. And from these incredibly steep and rocky slopes, with extremely low yields, Alexandre is making simply extraordinary wines from each of the Alsace Grand Cru varieties together with remarkable examples of Chasselas and Auxerrois from very old vines in their original family holdings near Colmar.

Altogether, Rangen represents about 1/3 of the family’s vineyard holdings of 18.8 ha, but requires about 2/3 of the family’s time to work these incredibly steep slopes. And the yields here are as low as half those of most other Grand Cru vineyards.

Schoffit's 6.5 ha is almost 30 % of Rangen and makes it the largest holder of this prestigious Grand Cru, just ahead of Zind-Humbrecht. Their plantings are made up of 40 % each Riesling and Pinot Gris, 15 % Gewürztraminer and 5 % Muscat.

In this terroir Pinot Gris moves into conversation about the ‘world’s greatest white wines’ with the smoky notes coming both from the terroir and the variety imparting a rare energy and intensity to the wines without excess alcohol or sugar and with perfectly pitched acidity. Gewürztraminer is also elevated to exceptional levels in this vineyard producing wines of outstanding balance, once again without any excess of alcohol or sugar and with pitch-perfect acidity.

The lower slopes of Rangen are particularly well suited in some years to botrytis imparted by the moisture coming from the Thur river which run directly below the vineyard bringing coolness and constant humidity from the rapid flow of very cool water coming from the Vosges mountains. This results in some exceptional vendanges tardives and selection de grains nobles wines in some years. These wines retain great freshness and precision for decades and age incredibly well for those who can manage to keep their hands off these. Dont miss these amazing wines.

Today, the Schoffit domaine of 18.8 ha includes vines in Colmar as well as Thann, along with a very small (0.2 ha) but prized holding in the granite terroir of the prestigious Sommerberg Grand Cru in Niedermorschwihr. The conversion of the estate to organic is complete in 2022 with all wines being certified organic while the conversion to bio-dynamic is well under way with official certification in progress enabling the estate to communicate that they are both organic and bio-dynamic for all vineyards. No fruit is purchased for any wines made at Schoffit.

The following notes are from Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine, October 2016. Full article available here - Jefford on Monday: The ultimate terroir wine - Decanter

‘Rangen has, in the past, been called ‘the Montrachet of Alsace’. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.

Every time I taste great wines from the Rangen de Thann, Alsace’s most southerly Grand Cru, they strike me a culmination of everything that wine lovers revere about terroir, and why they accord it so much importance. They are, in other words, not only very fine wines, but their scents and flavours are marked by an otherness for which ‘mineral’ seems the inescapable term. 

No other single vineyard in Alsace comes close to Rangen for sheer force of personality, and if I was asked to nominate any vineyard anywhere in the world as producing “the ultimate terroir wine”, Rangen de Thann would be it.

After glory days when it was one of the most sought-after wines at the court of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa, visited by Montaigne, name-checked by Rabelais and part-owned by the Sun King (Louis XIV), Rangen fell on hard post-phylloxera times and was actually bombed, mined and destroyed during World War One; Vieux Thann at that point formed part of the front line between German and French Alsace. Less than four hectares at the bottom of the slope were still in vines by the early 1970s. That was all that remained of a wine-making village which in the C17 occupied 500 ha.

Léonard Humbrecht and the Schoffit family were the reclamation pioneers in the 1970s and 1980s.  Laborious work: Alexandre Schoffit remembers his father and grandfather spending every Saturday there throughout his childhood. There were tree roots to remove and walls to remake; the steep slope excluded heavy-duty mechanical assistance and increased the danger level exponentially. “It was ten times worse,” he recalls, “than anything else.” Now, at just over 20 ha, the grand slope is fully planted – but remains a challenge for the owners.

Inter-row ploughing which would take one man half a day in a flat vineyard takes the equivalent of eight weeks to achieve here; the Schoffits say their Rangen holdings account for 33% of their domain, but they spend 60% of their working time there. 

Zind-Humbrecht (Clos St Urbain) and Schoffit (Clos St Théobald) are the two biggest owners, with 5.5 ha and 5.3 ha (increased since then to the current 5.8ha) respectively; then comes the Wolfberger co-operative with 4.4 ha and Bruno Hertz with 1.9 ha. Maurice Schoech has under half a hectare, and there are a number of other smaller owners including the town of Thann itself.

There is no visible soil as such, just rock and stone. Unusually for Alsace, Rangen is constituted of hard volcanic rocks seasoned with some secondary sedimentary material (some of it of volcanic origin).  It’s well-drained, but prone to erosion, and low-vigour – hence the puny yields; but growers say that the clays which do form here down under the rocks and among the roots are high in quality.’

WINE NOTES AND REVIEWS

SPARKLING

NV Cremant d’Alsace
60 % Auxerrois, 20% Pinot Blanc and 20% Pinot Gris, from the 2021 vintage and matured for 3 years on lees sur lattes and disgorged in April 2025. Dry and vinous on the palate and fresh and lively, a perfect aperitif style with very fine and persistent mousse. The exceptional freshness and acidity make this very more-ish. 13.1 % Alc/Vol; 0.6 g/L RS; 5.0 g/L TA.

‘The current release of the non-vintage Crémant d’Alsace Extra Brut bottling from Domaine Schoffit is from the base year of 2020. The wine is crafted from a cépages of sixty percent Pinot Auxerrois and twenty percent each of Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. The wine offers up a very lovely bouquet of apple, pear, warm bread, a lovely base of soil tones, dried flowers and a gentle smokiness in the upper register. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a good core, pinpoint bubbles, zesty acids and fine focus and length on the well balanced finish. Good juice. 2024-2035.’ 88 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar, July 2024.

ESTATE & VILLAGE WINES

2023 Pinot Blanc Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes
From a blend of Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois vines averaging 50-70 yo on gravelly soil covered by loess in the Harth vineyard. Fermentation and aging in stainless steel for 11 months before bottling in August of the following year. Made from yields of around 50 hl/ha this wine has striking purity, medium body and excellent length. 13.0 % Alc/Vol; 4.0 g/L TA; 1.6 g/L RS.
The 2023 Pinot Blanc Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes, from vines planted between 60 and 75 years ago, is a pure Auxerrois. The palate is unusually smooth and fluid, just flowing and bright. This moves with poise and grace, living off its smooth texture and surprising freshness. The 2023 is exceptionally serene. (Bone-dry) 91 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

2022 Pinot Gris Tradition
From old vines in the Harth lieu-dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess. Very expressive aromas in this 2021 vintage due to the wine being left on gross lees for longer than previously. It shows with a very aromatic lift (much more than for the 2020 vintage of this wine) and just a touch of exotic fruit though not to excess with purity and finesse still at the core of this wine. Crystalline pure aromas, exotic and ripe fruit with excellent freshness and just utterly delicious. 13.8 % Alc/Vol; 3.9 g/L TA; 3.7 g/L RS.
The 2022 Pinot Gris Lieu-Dit Harth is from the Oberharth, closer to Colmar. The vines are between 50 and 60 years old. The palate comes with gentle bitterness surrounding the juicy, supple pear fruit, with russet pear peel gently framing this rounded wine. The finish is balanced with 3 g/L of residual sweetness but tempered by that pear peel notion. (Bone-Dry)
90 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2024.

2021 Riesling Lieu-Dit Harth Tradition
Very dry wine in 2021 with just 1 g/L residual sugar. From old well established vines in the Harth lieu-dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess.
13 % Alc/Vol; 6.6 g/L TA; 1.1 g/L RS.
‘The Riesling “Lieu-dit Harth Tradition” is another old vine bottling from Domaine Schoffit, as these vines are also fifty years of age. The soils in the Harth vineyard are loam over a gravel foundation. The 2021 Harth is focused and already beautifully expressive on the nose, with its aromatic constellation soaring from the glass in a mix of tart orange, sweet grapefruit, dried flowers, wet stone minerality, citrus peel, an incipient touch of menthol and a topnote of lemongrass. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and nicely round on the attack, with a superb core of fruit, fine mineral undertow, a good spine of acidity and a long, ripe, complex and beautifully balanced finish. This is drinking with impressive generosity right out of the blocks, but has the underlying structure to also age long and gracefully. Fine, fine juice. 2024-2055. 92+.’ John Gilman, View from the Cellar, July 2024.

The following wines due April 2026

2024 Pinot Blanc Auxerrois Vieilles Vignes
From a blend of Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois vines averaging 50-70 yo on gravelly soil covered by loess in the Harth vineyard. Fermentation and aging in stainless steel for 11 months before bottling in August of the following year. Made from yields of around 50 hl/ha this wine has striking purity, medium body and excellent length. 13.0 % Alc/Vol; 3.7 g/L TA; 1.3 g/L RS.

2024 Chasselas Vieilles Vignes
In the 1960s, Robert Schoffit was part of the group of people who fought to retain Chasselas in the Alsace grape register. Old Chasselas vines were planted in 1939 and between 1942 and 1954 were a specialty of the estate. All grapes are hand-harvested and whole-bunch-pressed. The juice sediments for 24-48 hours, and in hot years like 2022, just 24 hours. Wines ferment spontaneously and are racked off gross lees after fermentation and age on fine lees until being bottled just before the new vintage arrives. All wine is made in stainless steel. The wines are compelling in a rather quiet way, understated but so convincing.
12.5 % Alc/Vol; 4.0 g/L TA; 3.7 g/L RS.
The 2023 Chasselas Vieilles Vignes is from vines planted in 1939, 1942 and 1954 on sand and gravel. Melted wax and stearin aromas are subtle and appetizing on the nose. Smooth flow on the palate comes with a slightly phenolic texture, mild freshness and a supple but bright roundness. (Bone-dry) 90 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

2023 Muscat Tradition
From a blend of 90% pink and white Muscat d’Alsace and 10% Muscat Ottonel vines averaging 50 yo on gravelly soil covered by loess in the Harth vineyard. Fermentation and aging in stainless steel for 11 months before bottling in August of the following year. Made from yields of around 50 hl/ha this wine has striking purity, medium body and excellent length.
13.3 % Alc/Vol; 4.2 g/L TA; 1.6 g/L RS.
The 2023 Muscat Tradition was harvested from 50-year-old vines grown on gravel, with 90% of the blend being pink and white Muscat d'Alsace and 10% Muscat Ottonel. On the nose, orange blossom and elderflower are in aromatic unison: breezy, fresh, bright and lemony. The palate is just as scented and beautifully tight. An orange peel-tinged bitterness defines the finish, lending structure and length. (Bone-dry) 90 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

2023 Gewürztraminer Lieu-Dit Harth Cuvée Caroline
From an old massale selection planting blend of 90% pink and white Muscat d’Alsace and 10% Muscat Ottonel vines averaging 50 yo on gravelly soil covered by loess in the Harth vineyard. Fermentation and aging in stainless steel for 11 months before bottling in August of the following year. Made from yields of around 50 hl/ha this wine has striking purity, medium body and excellent length. Small quantities coming of this almost totally dry Gewurztraminer which perfectly compliments their other dry aromatic wines we are importing in this new shipment. Notably different than the Grand cru Rangen Gewurztraminer which carries a little more residual sugar even if the Grand cru Rangen finishes quite dry.
13.3 % Alc/Vol; 4.2 g/L TA; 1.6 g/L RS.
The 2023 Gewurztraminer Lieu-Dit Harth Cuvée Caroline is from an old massal selection. It has just a slight note of honeysuckle spice on the nose. The palate plunges into beautiful, juicy, smooth white peach flesh with a touch of nectarine and svelte body. Mandarin peel and lemon freshness define the palate, swallowing the 8 g/L of residual sweetness with much verve. Schoffit says it might be the driest Gewurztraminer they ever made. (Dry) 92 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

2024 Riesling Lieu-Dit Harth Tradition
From 60-75 year old vines in the Harth lieu-dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess. Very dry direct wine in 2024 from old well established vines in Harth lieu-dit close to the family estate in Colmar in gravelly soils covered with light sandy loess. “We have a softer style of Riesling off gravel” notes Alexandre. 2024 vintage shows notable freshness and very good acidity in this cooler vintage. Shows very well at this young age. Smooth and not too acidic.
13.9 % Alc/Vol; 7.5 g/L TA; 4.3 g/L RS.

THE GRAND CRUS - RANGEN + SOMMERBERG

‘Rangen has, in the past, been called “the Montrachet of Alsace”. The varieties and flavours are different, of course, but in other respects the analogy is exact: these great, complete wines are in many ways the apogee of their region, and should be represented in every fine-wine collection.’ Andrew Jefford, Decanter Magazine.

Volcanic upheaval is the name of the game at the steep hillside adjacent to the town of Thann, making it a geological anomaly in the Vosges Mountains. Dotting the eastern slopes of the Vosges Mountains and is notable for more than just its terroir: Rangen is the only site in Alsace to be classified as Grand Cru in its entirety, and is home to the highly respected Clos Saint Urbain and Clos Saint Théobald vineyards (named after local churches which built small chapels on the hillside to enable vineyard workers/worshippers to pray there instead of returning to the churches several times each day).

In Rangen, the altitude climbs higher (1100 to 1525 feet) and the slopes have an average gradient of 60%. It is predominantly planted to Pinot Gris, the variety that accounts for 57%  of vines; Riesling represents about a third of the site while Gewürztraminer is 10%. Despite its southerly aspect, Rangen is late-ripening, mainly due to its higher rainfall and cool winds which also make the site more prone to botrytis and its attendant Sélection Grains Nobles and/or Vendanges Tardives sweet wines. The late-ripening terroir also increases power (and often alcohol) in the wines. Wines from Rangen are often described as having a ‘smoky’ taste.

‘There’s great longevity in these wines, but also a huge capacity to balance everything: alcohol, acidity, residual sweetness,’ says Alexandre Schoffit, who grows Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris and Muscat here with his father, Bernard, for the family domaine. ‘There always is balance and always saltiness on the finish.’

‘The ground is very poor,’ says Bernard, ‘The roots have to go deep to find nourishment. This leads to low yields.’

‘Right from the beginning, everything is concentrated,” Alexandre adds. Morning mist also makes part of the Rangen perfect for noble sweet wines. “We have botrytis almost every year, but it’s really clean, pure and intense.’

2022 Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg
This tiny cuvee is very rarely found as it comes from 0.2 ha of vines planted in the late 1970s at the top of the prime part of the original Sommerberg Grand Cru. The wine shows crystalline minerality and purity with real breadth of fruit, staining the palate, all the while remaining sharp and focused with outstanding freshness. Sommerberg is simply one of the very best Grand Crus in Alsace. Thank you to Alexandre for making this available to us; he usually retains it for his loyal cellar-door customers. We intend to cellar this for 2 years before release. 13.5 % Alc/Vol; 6.5 g/L TA; 3.3 g/L RS.

Sourced on top of the Eckberg and surrounded by Jean Boxler's plots or by the forest, this is a very elegant, terribly young and impressively dense and saline Riesling from the granite soils of the pure south-facing part of the Sommerberg.

‘The 2022 Riesling Grand Cru Sommerberg comes from a very warm and dry vintage but somehow turns out pretty classic, with deep, saline and pure rock aromas intertwined with lemon and green apple aromas. Round and rich on the palate, this is a full-bodied, dense and textural Riesling from granite soils. It is powerful and quite massive at this stage, even a little sweetish (3.3 grams of residual sugar), but on the finish, it's saline and pure and provided with fine tannins. The 2022 is obviously in a valley of its development at the moment and quite edgy; it's not going anywhere and should thus be kept for at least 5 or 6 years. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024.’
94+ points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

‘The 2022 Riesling Sommerberg Grand cru is grown on pure granite at the top of the Sommerberg, in a little amphitheater in the lieu-dit Sommerberg itself. The wines is surprisingly pale. A gorgeous conifer note is subtle on the nose but easily reaches the sinuses. It is so delicious. The palate is gorgeously strait-laced, absolutely stony, naked, unbuffered, hair-raising and exciting. This is so stony and precise, crystalline, in fact. Acidity is milder than ususal, but the stoniness and the arrow-like nature are exactly what I expect. (Bone dry).’
94 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2024.

‘This dry, crunchy Riesling displays spiced flavors of grapefruit sorbet, white cherry, honeysuckle and tangerine. There's a lot of energy coming from the vivacious acidity, but this is so seamless you don't even notice the intensity at first. It's delicious and harmonious, with a lingering, mineral-tinged finish.’ 94 points, wineenthusiast.com, November 2024.

2022 Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald - 750 mL only
Riesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2022 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length. 13.5 % Alc/Vol; 6.4 g/L TA; 4.1 g/L RS.

‘The 2022 Riesling Rangen Clos Saint Theobold Grand cru is from a parcel in the midslope of the Rangen, picked from vinesbetween 40-45 years old. The nose has immense clarity of the brightest citrus. The palate is totally taut, still raw almost, but displaying clarity, precision and wonderful concentration that tingles with all monner of citrus zest, spanning lemon, bergamot and aromatic tangerine. Exquisite density shows beautiful ripeness and serene smoothness, despite all the stone. wonderfully complete, without a touch of heat despite what Schoffit calls, rightly, a “violent warm” terroir. The 2022 is a pure wines of stone and tingling, aromatic citrus zest. (Bone dry).’ 97 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2024.

‘The 2022 Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald is from 50+-years-old vines in the clos that includes the upper plots of Schoffit's regular Rangen. The nose is very pure yet very intense as well, offering the classic flintiness and iodine notes combined with fully ripe, bright, elegant and intense, spicy-scented fruit. Full-bodied, round and rich on the palate, this is a generous, powerful and textured yet always elegant and saline Riesling with some grams of residual sugar (4.1 grams per liter) yet the richness of old vines and their mineral, expression as well. This is a superb Rangen Riesling that Alexandre describes as "one of the best we ever did." The finish is in fact very long, intense and seriously structured and provided with persistent salinity. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024.’ 96 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

2020 Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald - 750 mL only
Riesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2020 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length. 14.5 % Alc/vol; 5.5 g/L TA; 2.1 g/L RS.

2018 Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald - 1500 mL only
13.9 % Alc/vol; 5.5 g/L TA; 3.5 g/L RS.
‘A truly staggering dry riesling, whose expansive frame is packed with fresh-pineapple, smoky and floral aromas. Gigantic mineral complexity in this simultaneously succulent and subtle package, with an intensely salty finale that focuses to a single point. Only just beginning to give its best! Drink or hold.’ 97 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2021.

2020 Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Here the smoky minerality once again overlays the varietal fruit and while the wine carries 26 g/L of residual sugar it finishes dry and perfectly balanced. A textbook example of Alsatian Grand Cru Pinot Gris. 14.7 % Alc/vol; 4.3 g/L TA; 26 g/L RS.

2020 Schoffit Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Carrying 44 g/L residual sugar and 14% alc/vol this remarkable wine once again carries the terroir clearly at the fore with the smoky aromas from the volcanic terroir overlaying the varietal intensity. Not heavy or sweet this wine has such remarkable acidity and minerality it had us salivating such was the remarkable balance and freshness. Absolutely remarkable wine.
14.1 % Alc/Vol; 3.6 g/L TA; 44 g/L RS.

2022 Schoffit Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Carrying 23 g/L residual sugar this remarkable wine once again carries the terroir clearly at the fore with the smoky aromas from the volcanic terroir overlaying the varietal intensity. Not heavy or sweet this wine has such remarkable acidity and minerality it had us salivating such was the remarkable balance and freshness. Absolutely remarkable wine.
14.3 % Alc/Vol; 4.0 g/L TA; 25 g/L RS.

‘The 2022 Gewurztraminer Rangen Clos Saint Théobald Grand Cru is from parcels in the lower and mid reaches of the Rangen. It comes with lovely honeysuckle, tangerine peel and an overtone of rose. The palate is rounded and robust, channeling rose oil on a stony palate. It opens into the fresh, crushed flesh of ripe yellow peach, edged with vivid zestiness, blood orange peel and an exquisite, lovely, mouthwatering, pithy bitterness. This is what makes the wine, what gives it structure and depth. This is intense but toned, gorgeous, prolonged, and off-dry with 23 g/L of residual sweetness. (Off-Dry)’ 96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2024.

‘From 50+-year-old vines, the 2022 Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald opens clear, fresh and spicy on the intense, complex and very mineral nose, revealing tropical fruit aromas. On the palate, this is a very rich and dense but elegant and savory Gewürztraminer with serious tannins and a long, intense and powerful yet not alcoholic but saline and tension-giving finish. This is an impressive wine, but it is far too young to be served yet. 14.3% alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024.’ 95+ points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

VENDANGES TARDIVES from Grand Cru RANGEN

2015 Schoffit Riesling Vendanges Tardives Grand Cru Rangen
This intense and complex late harvest Riesling beautifully offsets its 63 g/L of residual sugar with plenty of racy acidity, to highlight its depth of flavour and finish with pinpoint balance.
12.3 % Alc/vol; 5.7 g/L TA; 63 g/L RS.

‘The nose is still closed but already gives glimpses of citrus zestiness. The palate is a riot of both fresh and candied peel, think Seville orange, tangerine and Meyer lemon. The zesty freshness of the citrus fruit always has the upper hand on this energetic, exuberant late harvest wine and counters the residual sweetness perfectly. Killer acidity and utter concentration create a magnetic, delicious, age-worthy wine. The finish is off dry and refreshing, with a sweetish glint here and there. Drink 2017–2040 at least.’ 96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Wine Enthusiast, December 2017.

2015 Schoffit Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Grand Cru Rangen
This remarkable wine finishes with 70 g/L of residual sugar yet finishes almost dry and has such powerful terroir character that drives the wine from start of aromas which hold some smoky fruit notes together with a clear signature of the volcanic terroir through to the very long finish.
13.3 % Alc/Vol; 5.2 g/L TA; 71 g/L RS.

‘Right now this is still shy on the nose. There is a glint of pear peel and Mirabelle, plus a suggestion of smoke. The palate is equally shy as the principal sensation is that of wonderfully tangy texture, fresh concentrated acidity and balanced sweetness right now. This needs time to develop its undoubtedly rich flavors. The balance is impeccable. Immense power and lasting strength lie at the core of this monumental wine. This is made to last and should be given time in the cellar. Drink 2025–2050.’ 96 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Wine Enthusiast, Dec 2017.

2018 Schoffit Gewurztraminer Vendanges Tardives Grand Cru Rangen
‘For a gewurztraminer of this luscious category this has enormous structure, the fine tannins, subtle spice and crushed rock minerality easily mastering the full body and driving the long, creamy and salty finish. With a little aeration a delicate rose-petal aroma develops and the turkish-delight note on the palate is accentuated. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.’ 96 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2022.
13.6 % Alc/Vol; 3.5 g/L TA; 88 g/L RS.

Vintages NOT yet available - due 2026

With the Rangen de Thann and the Sommerberg, Alexandre Schoffit cultivates two outstanding grands crus in Alsace. In fact, his Rieslings and Gewürztraminers, grown on volcanic rock in the Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald and on granite soils in the Sommerberg, are among the most important white wines in the region. They are of a consistently high quality and, in my opinion, still far too rarely on the radar of importers, retailers and sommeliers. However, the 2023 vintage, which turned out great here, should now change that.
Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

2023 Schoffit Muscat Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Just 500 bottles made in 2023 from 100% Muscat Ottonel this fine aromatic wine is virtualy bone dry carrying just 3 g/L residual sugar with very low acid (Alexandre says - almost no acid). Very fine Muscat perfume aromas with the mineral terroir clearly at the fore with the faintly smoky aromas from the volcanic terroir overlaying the varietal intensity. Fresh and finely poised and very moreish this wine has such remarkable freshness and minerality it had us salivating such was the perfect balance and freshness. A very rare wine. 13.4 % Alc/Vol; 4.7 g/L TA; 3.5 g/L RS.

The 2023 Muscat Rangen Clos Saint Théobald Grand Cru is a wine not made every year as this is a tiny 0.15-hectare parcel in the lower reaches of the site, often falling victim to birds. It is a pure Muscat Ottonel. Lemony white blossom is tender on the scented nose. The palate is much quieter, all understatement but with a tender, subtle, calm body and smooth definition. The aftertaste has a lovely echo of distant clove. There is something otherworldly here. (Bone dry) 95 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

Based on pure Muscat Ottonel, the 2023 Muscat Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald is very clear, precise and subtle on the bright, subtle, herbal, deep and iodine-scented nose. Based on young vines and vines up to 50+ years old, this is a rich, intense and elegant Muscat that is dense, savory, firmly structured and saline, leading to a clear, textured, stimulatingly saline and complex finish. 13.4% alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024. 94 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

2023 Schoffit Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Carrying 25 g/L residual sugar this remarkable wine once again carries the terroir clearly at the fore with the smoky aromas from the volcanic terroir overlaying the varietal intensity. Not heavy or sweet this wine has such remarkable acidity and minerality it had us salivating such was the remarkable balance and freshness. Absolutely remarkable wine.
14.5 % Alc/Vol; 4.0 g/L TA; 25 g/L RS.
‘The 2023 Gewurztraminer Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald is incredible on the deep, intense, pure, fresh, saline, spicy/mineral, iodine-inflected, elegant and aromatic nose that shows classic aromas of this variety but is also fresh and lemony as well as spicy and saline. On the palate, this is a very rich and glycerin-sweet but elegant, refined and balanced Gewürztraminer with enormous density, mineral extract and phenolic tension. Although it's already pretty sexy, this is not a wine for this decade but one to be enjoyed in 10 or 20 years. Tasted from the tank in November 2024. 14.7% alcohol plus 27 grams per liter of residual sugar. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024’ 97 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

2023 Schoffit Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Riesling makes up 40% of the Schoffit plantings in Rangen and the age of these vines now averages more than 40 years. The 2020 vintage shows tangerine and cumquat notes accented by the flint, smoke and mineral nuances that are a hallmark of the Rangen terroir. It finishes fine and dry with delicate salty edge and exceptional length. 13.5 % Alc/Vol; 5.1 g/L TA; 4.5 g/L RS.
‘The 2023 Riesling Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald is deep, refined and perfectly ripe on the complex, smoky and saline nose that shows the great and rocky terroir of the Rangen. On the palate, this is a full-bodied, rich and quite tannic yet also savory Riesling with round and lush but elegant fruit that is carried by saline and even filigreed, highly stimulating acidity. The finish is long and intense, well structured and persistently saline. 13.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Colmar, November 2024.’ 97 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, February 2025.

2023 Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Theobald
Here the smoky minerality once again overlays the varietal fruit and while the wine carries just 5 gms/ltr of residual sugar finishing almost dry to the taste and perfectly balanced. A textbook example of Alsatian Grand Cru Pinot Gris showing exceptional minerality and terroir from one of the best Grand Crus in Alsace for this variety. 14.6 % Alc/Vol; 5.4 g/L TA; 5.4 g/L RS.
‘The 2023 Pinot Gris Rangen Clos Saint Théobald Grand Cru is an exceptionally pale Pinot Gris from the mid-slope. The nose is very closed, so no amount of swirling will elicit aromas today. The palate is taut, bright, strait-laced and stony, lending unusual tension to Pinot Gris, making it akin to Riesling's shape and vigor. There is body and a slightly salty creaminess in the background, but the drive and the energy are incredible, like a genie in a bottle rumbling away with all this contained energy. The 2023 needs to be left alone for a decade at least; there is so much to blossom and so much to calm down. This contains 5 g/L of residual sweetness against 5.5 g/L of acidity, but it tastes fresher and drier than these numbers might suggest. (Dry)’ 97 points, Anne Krebiehl MW, Vinous, January 2025.

2019 Schoffit Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives Grand Cru Rangen
Almost SGN in ripeness and sugar weight this wine is remarkably fresh fine and precise without any heaviness. Effortless in its pure expression and perfect balance. Very moreish.
13.5 % Alc/Vol; 5.1 g/L TA; 85 g/L RS.
‘This has so much super-ripe stone-fruit and floral-honey character at the front that it feels like you are bathed in sunlight, but then you step into the wine and it is like entering a cave that extends far under the surface of the earth. Staggering interplay of enormous ripeness with profound crushed-stone character, plus a hint of mushroom. Super-long finish that's straight and strict. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.’ 99 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, June 2022.

2011 Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen SGN Selection Granis Nobles 750ml
This is still remarkably fresh and all the sweeter VT + SGN wines from Rangen by the Schoffit family show remarkable vitality and verve and give the impression they will age very gracefully.
Very bright and fresh on the palate with excellent length and exotic fruit spectrum. Harvested early from select berries so higher acidity giving this remarkable freshness and perfect balance.
11.6 % Alc/Vol; 5.6 g/L TA; 160 g/L RS.
‘Lots of dried-mango and papaya aromas, as well as a rich texture with an obvious touch of sweetness. Now fully developed and in search of foie gras!’
92 points, Stuart Pigott, JS Wine Ratings, May 2018.

2001 Schoffit Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen SGN Selection Granis Nobles Larme de Lave 375ml
The name literally meaning tears of the lava and this remarkably concentrated nectar is made from selecting the very best noble rot berries one by one to produce this incredibly pure intense exotic wine which while tasting like essence also retains acidity and vitality with waves of exotic fruit and smoky cold tea aromas adding complexity to the incredibly long clean finish. This is still remarkably fresh and all the sweeter VT + SGN wines from Rangen by the Schoffit family show remarkable vitality and verve and give the impression they will age very gracefully.
4.5 % Alc/Vol; 11.8 g/L TA; 425 g/L RS.
‘The amber colored 2001 Pinot Gris Grand Cru Rangen Clos Saint-Théobald Sélection de Grains Nobles Larme de Lave is a 100% botrytis wine whose berries were selected one by one. The bouquet is deep, fresh and spicy, very mineral and complex, far beyond just fruit flavors, with tarte tartin but also flinty, peppery, muscat and nougat aromas. Great purity. On the palate this is a very viscous, velvety, sweet and generous wine that is concentrated and generous, almost like an Escencia. The fruit is very clear, elegant and fresh; the wine is extremely elegant and perfectly balanced. It has been bottled with 4.5% alcohol, 450 grams of residual sugar and 9.1 grams of total acidity. 1,600 0.5-liter bottles produced. 500 are still in the cellar.’
98 points, Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate, March 2017.