Jean Dirler’s family has passed the torch from father to son five times since the winery’s inception in 1871.

With Dirler’s marriage to Ludvine Cadé, the domaine doubled in size to a full fifteen hectares. Dirle has been practicing biodynamic winemaking since 1998.

The vineyard comprises parcels from four grands crus in the neighboring communes of Bergholtz and Guebwiller in Haut-Rhin: Kessler, Kitterlé, Saering and Spiegel. Their various terroirs shed light on the full spectrum of Alsatian wines: Spiegel has sandy soils on a marly-sandstone substrate. Kitterlé, on steep mountain-side slopes, has lightly sandy soil on a base of volcanic greywackes. Kessler’s hillside ranges over sandy loam on a subsoil of grès vosgien. The Saering, a kind of geologic peninsula on the plain, consists of sandy clay soil on a base of limestone and marl. This domaine is indisputably considered to be among the elite of the region.