Domaine Albert Mann

Domaine Albert Mann lies in the picturesque village of Wettolsheim, just south of Colmar in Alsace’s Haut-Rhin department. This compact 25-hectare estate draws from over 100 tiny parcels scattered across some of the region’s finest terroirs, including Grand Crus like Schlossberg, Furstentum, Hengst, Steingrubler and Altenbourg, plus prized lieux-dits and the monopole Clos de la Faille.

The domaine traces its roots to two ancient winemaking dynasties: the Mann family (vignerons since the early 1600s) and the Barthelmé family (documented since 1654). It officially took shape in the 1980s when Maurice Barthelmé married Marie-Claire Mann, granddaughter of the late Albert Mann, merging the properties and giving the estate its name. Maurice (viticulture) and his brother Jacky (winemaking), supported by their wives Marie-Claire and Marie-Thérèse, have run it since 1984.

Pioneers in biodynamics, they began experimenting in 1997 on select Grand Cru plots, converting the entire domaine by the early 2000s and earning Biodyvin certification in 2010. Soils are worked by horse where possible, vines average 35+ years old, and cellar work remains resolutely low-intervention.

Today, with Maurice stepping back, Jacky and the next generation (including son Antoine) steer one of Alsace’s benchmark estates—famous for razor-sharp Rieslings, opulent yet precise Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminers, and increasingly serious, Burgundy-rivaling Pinot Noirs. Pure, vibrant, terroir-transparent wines that have quietly placed Albert Mann at the very top of Alsace.

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