GRRRR!!!

A combination of plots and some estate & négoce fruit from nearby villages in Alsace, this is 100% Pinot Noir from Yannick. Grapes are hand-harvested from their respective plots and vinified separately each with one-week whole-bunch maceration in open-top vats prior to pressing to neutral Burgundy barrel. Blended, rested for a short period of time and then bottled unfined, unfiltered, no additional SO2. 

Yannick Meckert

No gimmicks. No shortcuts. Just one of the realest doing it right now.

Yannick grew up between Burgundy and Alsace, surrounded by vines but disillusioned by how they were being farmed. So he dipped. Took off. Went searching for something more alive, more honest. And damn, did he find it.

He rolled up his sleeves alongside legends like Patrick Meyer, Philippe Pacalet, the Le Coste crew, and even spent time brewing sacred juice (sake) with Terada Honke in Japan. You can taste those experiences in his work — but he’s not copying anyone. He’s carving his own lane, and it’s beautiful.

Back in Obernai, he’s working 3.5ha of old-school Alsatian grapes grown on clay and limestone. Biodiversity isn’t just a buzzword here — the vineyards are wild. No chemicals. No copper. No sulfur. Just herbs, teas, clay, and vibes. Letting nature do what it does best.

In the cellar? Total intuition. No cookie-cutter recipes. Each grape, each vintage, gets handled in its own way. The wines are precise but full of soul. Like he’s been doing this forever.

Yannick is not just “promising.” He’s the real deal. And this is just the beginning.