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DOMAINE BALLORIN
Producer
Christian Lindenlaub
France
Dorlisheim, Alsace
Dorlisheim, Alsace
50000 bottles in the cellar
Specialities: White wine
Winemaker Christophe Lindenlaub is a real farmer! The last in a long line of Alsatian farmers. The first document attesting to the presence of the Lindenlaubs in the large farming village of Dorlisheim on the lower Rhine dates back to 1759. We are about 20 km south-west of Strasbourg. Always a wine-growing area, the most traditional Alsace grapes are cultivated here in an organic way, the culmination of a journey that started long ago.
In the 1970s, Christophe's father Jacques decided to start bottling the family wines. At the time, cattle were raised on the farm and wine was considered little more than marginal; it was only in 1986 that Jacques decided to devote himself solely to winemaking. Christophe arrived at the winery in 1999 to work alongside his father and with him came new ideas and a desire to experiment. In 2009, they concluded that organic was the only way forward, making the change official with certification in 2012.
The change of pace in the cellar
As the renewed agricultural part began to provide healthy and perfectly ripe grapes, a change of pace in the cellar also became necessary. Thus began vinification with spontaneous fermentation and since 2014 the decision to no longer use sulphur dioxide at any stage of the transformation process.
Today, his range of wines offers unique tastings, Christophe's personal interpretations of the Dorlisheim terroir. Wines full of energy that are strictly unfiltered or chemically stabilised. Christophe's exuberance translates into each bottle. In the glass, these wines sparkle, delight and elude quick definition. They are wines that must be allowed to express themselves in perfect harmony, as suggested by the Zen circle that is painted above each Domaine label.
