But on Robert’s sudden death in 1986, the two brothers were obliged to take up the reins of the family estate, despite their young age. With determination and a great deal of work, they rose to this challenge and continued the expansion of the family operation. Christophe took charge of running the vineyard, now over 12 hectares, while Patrick looked after the vinification and marketing of the Domaine’s wines. His wife Estelle soon joined them to take charge of administrative and sales management. The early ’90s saw the arrival of the wines from the Mittelbourg and Orschwillerbourg terroirs, the grassing of the rows of vines to limit chemical weed-killing and erosion, along with the construction of new storage buildings.
In the mid-2000s, Christophe and Patrick Roth decided to move the Domaine towards Organic Farming, with the conversion finally starting in 2016. In 2015 the Pavillon Geneviève was opened, a showcase for the Domaine, housing the new tasting lounge and the offices. In 2017, Victor Roth, son of Patrick and Estelle, and the 4th generation of wine-growers, joined his parents and his uncle on the estate. Trained as an œnologist and after a variety of experience in Champagne, in Italy, in Switzerland, and in Alsace, he took charge of vinification, exactly 40 years after the 1977 vintage, the first vintage produced by his father Patrick. 2017 would also be the first vintage vinified without using any œnological additives, except a little sulphur. In 2018, the Domaine bought up land in a new terroir: the Hornstein. The vineyard now covers an area of 18 hectares.