{"product_id":"pepin-cremant-dalsace-extra-brut","title":"Pépin Crémant d'Alsace Extra Brut","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Crémant reveals a pale straw hue with vibrant, persistent bubbles and a chalky, nutty nose suggestive of almond flakes, marzipan, lemon and toasted brioche. The mouthfeel is taut and creamy with loads of mousse, offering crisp green apple, lemon-tinged freshness and elegant minerality. Perfect balance and structure. Truly excellent for the pricepoint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade with the split of 35% Auxerrois, 30% Pinot Gris, 25% Pinot Blanc and 10% Chardonnay, all the grapes were grown on clay and limestone soils and were aged 18 months on lees in stainless steel tanks for freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePépin is a new collaborative winery, formed by Jean and Pierre Dietrich of esteemed Domaine Archilée in Scherwiller, Alsace. The bottles have no vintage. They come in lots — Blanc, Rouge, Orange, Rosé, Pét-Nat — and when one lot runs out, the next one picks up where it left off. There are no grand cru designations, no single-vineyard bottlings, no back labels explaining the terroir in three languages. Pierre Dietrich designed it that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre and his brother Jean run Domaine Achillée, their family's eighteen-hectare biodynamic estate in Scherwiller. By 2021, they were running out of wine. Friends who grew grapes kept asking for help making theirs. Rather than simply buy fruit and bottle it, Pierre built something stranger — a collective of fifteen independent organic growers across Alsace, with partner vineyards in Spain and Italy, all channeled through a single brand that deliberately strips away the markers that natural wine usually trades on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo winemaker portraits on the website. No harvest diaries. No stories about the grandfather who planted the vines. Just wine in a bottle with a clean label and a price that doesn't require a second opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winemaking follows the same principles as Achillée: native yeasts, no additives during fermentation, no filtration, no fining, zero or negligible sulfur at bottling. The difference is intent. Achillée is terroir-specific, parcel-driven, patient. Pépin is designed to move — to be the bottle someone grabs on a Tuesday without studying the back label first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust like the Achillée wines, Pépin wines are natural, farmed organically, harvested by hand, fermented naturally with indigenous yeasts and vinified wth no additives. The group works with local farmers in Alsace, with a philosophy of making vibrant and affordable natural wines while fairly compensating the growers. Thus, the blends and grape varieties may change year by year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pépin","offers":[{"title":"750 ml","offer_id":51758156316989,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/2931\/0781\/files\/Pepin-Cremant-de-Alsace-Extra-Brut.jpg?v=1779925374","url":"https:\/\/shopgeraldines.com\/products\/pepin-cremant-dalsace-extra-brut","provider":"Geraldine's Natural Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}