When to drink an Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles?

Alsace · indicative values: the producer, the vintage and storage conditions come first.

Map: where Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles is. Alsace region, France.

Sweet and fortified: the drinking window

Recommended ageing: 8 to 40 years after the vintage.

For example, a 2020 Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles drinks best between 2028 and 2064, with a peak plateau around 2041-2057.

Vintage by vintage

A great year outlives an average one: the window moves with the vintage. The most recent rated years in Alsace, applied to the ageing for Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles given above.

Vintage	Rating	Drink
2022	Great	2030–2066
2021	Average	2029–2055
2020	Great	2028–2064
2019	Great	2027–2063
2018	Great	2026–2062
2017	Great	2025–2061
2016	Great	2024–2060
2015	Outstanding	2023–2063
2013	Good	2021–2053
2012	Great	2020–2056
2010	Great	2018–2054
2009	Great	2017–2053

The full history, back to the older vintages: Alsace.

How to read this window

Before the window opens, the wine is in its youth: fruit dominates, tannins or acidity can feel stern. During the peak plateau, everything falls into balance: this is the moment ageing prepares. Beyond it, the wine slowly declines: nothing unsafe, but the emotion fades. These are general benchmarks for the appellation, not a verdict on your bottle.

Curious where these numbers come from? The method is published in full: five levels from the estate down to the grape, corrected by the vintage and the bottle format.

From the same region

Other appellations in Alsace, each with its own window:

What about your bottles?

Caviste computes this window for every bottle in your cellar: photograph the label, the sheet fills itself in (estate, vintage, appellation) and the app tells you when a bottle reaches its peak. Discover Caviste.