Frey-Sohler
View winesScherwiller sits where valleys meet, and Frey-Sohler is woven into that crossroads—an estate shaped by generations of growers tied to this village and to Alsace wine. Today, the domaine is run by Damien Sohler and his daughter Aude, working vineyards that unfold beneath the watch of the Château de l’Ortenbourg.
Their range is intentionally complete—Alsace in full spectrum—moving from bright everyday whites to long-lived bottlings and cellar-aged sweetness. Along the way, the estate carries a distinctive detail: it sells exclusively the wines made from the Sohler family’s own vineyard holdings.
Location
Frey-Sohler’s home is Scherwiller, about 50 km south of Strasbourg, at the junction of the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Villé valleys.
The vineyards spread across two anchors:
- “Scherwiller” Appellation Communale (reserved for Riesling)
- The Rittersberg terroir, plus additional sites including Ortenberg, Kreffzen, and Grand Cru Frankstein
Grand Cru Frankstein is pictured as a morning-sun slope (east/southeast exposure) at 220–330m, built from granite-mica scree that drains quickly and holds warmth—conditions that naturally favor precision and mineral drive.
Winemaking & Philosophy
The cellar work is engineered for clarity: barrels and vats with temperature control, must settled cold, fermentations monitored end-to-end, and bottling done under vacuum corking with handling designed to protect longevity.
From there, the portfolio reads like an Alsace map: Crémant d’Alsace, the full set of Alsace varieties, Vendanges Tardives, Sélections de Grains Nobles, and the estate’s Grand Cru expression—Frankstein—first released for tasting on July 1, 2008.
