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$61.93 price per bottle Expert Advice
The Humbrecht family has been winegrowers in Alsace since 1620 but the Domaine came by its current name when Leonard Humbrecht married Genevieve Zind in 1959. Located in the heart of the Herrenweg vineyard, Leonard significantly expanded the family?s holdings to include an enviable collection of Grand Cru and other high quality vineyards. The Domaine is currently managed by Leonard?s son, Olivier Humbrecht, the only Alsacian winemaker to attain M. W. status. A staunch advocate for biodynamic farming, Olivier tailors every aspect of viticulture and winemaking based on terroir. Whether a single vineyard or a blend, place and vintage are clearly and unmistakably expressed in each wine. ?The 2016 vintage was just weird weather-wise. We had 300 millimeters of rain up until May, then a desert after that. At least there were no frost problems, unlike 2017,? said Olivier Humbrecht. Still, he likes the wines of 2016, finding them to be ?the product of a lovely harvest characterized by beautiful-looking grapes with low potential alcohol. For example, in some vineyards the Rieslings needed a full month to gain one potential degree in alcohol, and longer hang time, but where there was drought, reaching both technological and polyphenol maturity was hard. ? At Zind-Humbrecht, the 2016 vintage also took place over a longer period of time than that of 2015, for example: over 6 weeks in 2016, as compared to only three weeks in 2015. For the most part, the 2016 Zind-Humbrecht wines sport lovely acidities with interesting pHs ranging from 2. 7 to 3. 3 and will likely prove to be good food wines with lower alcohol levels than usual. Humbrecht was happiest with his Pinot Gris wines in 2016. He did not make much VT or SGN because noble rot arrived too late, when weather had turned wet and humid. -From Alsace: The 2016s & Late-Released 2015s (Apr 2018) by Ian D?Agata
| ABV: | - |
| Distillery: | - |
| Vintage: | 2018 |
| Region: | - |
| Size: | 750 ml |
| Availability: | Currently Out of Stock |
| Distributed by: | IW |
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