In praise of the Wine Society's Moselle Pinot Noir

We love Pinot Noir d'Alsace but had never come across the Moselle appellation until now. No wonder because the Moselle vineyard has been decimated by border changes swinging from France to Germany and back, proximity to WW1 battlefields, industrialisation and the inevitable Phylloxera. Now most wines are white with Auxerrois and Mueller-Thurgau predominating.

So the Wine Society's Moselle ‘Les Hautes-Bassières' Pinot Noir, Château de Vaux 2016 seems to be a rarity. We are happy to report that it is outstanding and at £13.50, there's no point being without it we reckon.