Marie Adler

Marie Adler is the further development of Collective Z - Pfälzer Originale and the exceptional winemaker of a small two-hectare winery on the edge of the Palatinate Forest, who conjures up razor-sharp terroir wines from ungrafted vines on massive limestone cliffs. Their small plots in Leistadt are oenological haute couture. By now, at the latest, the synapses should be sounding the alarm, because Marie's wines roll over the tongue with a cool, mineral brilliance that is likely to make many a GG producer break out in a sweat.

Wines with a strong character need a strong terroir. At 250 meters above Bad Dürkheim, massive limestone cliffs, old vineyards and a cool climate come together. The result? An independent wine style with a clear signature that stands out radically from the Palatinate mainstream. So pure and clear that die-hard mainstream drinkers are forced to think again. These are terroir wines with an edge that tell stories of the soil and the region.

Together with Christoph Ziegler and Grandpa Helmut, Marie cultivates traditional grape varieties such as Riesling, Sylvaner, Traminer and Portugieser, which are cultivated with radical dedication, intensive manual work and ecological precision. Nature conservation is not a buzzword here, but rather a philosophy of life, because with her 10 Ouessant sheep, Marie strengthens biodiversity and thus contributes to a vital ecosystem. This is the only way for her grapes to reach optimum ripeness, which produces a wine with a strong character and craftsmanship.