i. Biography
Michel Lihrmann is the oenologist and technical director of Cave de Turckheim, a role dated 2019, and the cellar has been the frame for his formation as much as for his long technical work. He has worked at Cave de Turckheim for nearly 30 years (roughly since the late 1990s/early 2000s).
The Climb
Today, Michel Lihrmann is senior winemaker, oenologist, and technical director of Cave de Turckheim. That title reflects accumulated practice rather than a recent step up. At the Turckheim cellar, Lihrmann has worked by repetition and adjustment, refining a style that prefers balance to weight and definition to excess. The craft is exacting, but the aim is for the wine to read cleanly, as if it had taken the most direct route available.
Today
Today, Lihrmann serves as senior winemaker and oenologist and technical director at the Turckheim cellar. His craft is described with precision: to make wines with good acidity and fruit balance while retaining freshness and harmony. That approach gives the work a line of continuity, because each cuvée is treated as an extension of what the grape already offers. The emphasis stays on fruit and aromatic qualities, on balance rather than mass, and on the tension between dry structure and tenderness where Alsace varieties can show most clearly. In Lihrmann’s hands, the style of Cave de Turckheim stays rooted and poised, with definition intact and generosity still present. The 2019 Le Veilleur de Nuit is presented as a cuvée bringing together the softest and most aromatic Alsace grape varieties. It is described as fruity, dry yet tender, and very harmonious, a concise expression of the freshness-and-balance approach that runs through his work. The wine’s interest lies in that controlled interplay: texture without heaviness, aroma without excess, and an overall sense of coherence.
Signature
Michel's signature wines include Riesling Brand 2017 Alsace Grand Cru, Baron D’Alsace Gewurztraminer, AOP Alsace 2021, and Baron D’Alsace Riesling, AOP Alsace 2021.
Recognition
In 2020, Riesling Brand 2017 Alsace Grand Cru was presented as a Grand Cru from the granitic Brand terroir overlooking Turckheim, a site described as producing majestic and delicate wines. That framing matches Lihrmann’s broader method: rooted in place, attentive to finesse, and guided by the mineral frame of the terroir rather than by weight. Baron D’Alsace Gewurztraminer, AOP Alsace 2021, was produced in the gravity-fed cellar to preserve fruit, aromatic qualities, and elegance. The detail sits close to Lihrmann’s technical discipline, where cellar choices are made in service of fragrance, lift, and a clean line. Baron D’Alsace Riesling, AOP Alsace 2021, is described as a fine, well rounded, and beautifully balanced Riesling typical of the Turckheim style. Read alongside Le Veilleur de Nuit and the Brand Grand Cru, it points to a consistent signature across varieties: fruit held in freshness, structure held in harmony.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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What is Michel Lihrmann's current role?
Michel Lihrmann is oenologist and technical director.
What is Michel Lihrmann known for?
