Zind-Humbrecht | Alsace | Riesling Clos Windsbuhl | 2022 | 750ml | bio

Beschreibung

Product description for Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl 2022 (bio)

Wine Information

Olivier Humbrecht: In 2022, the Riesling-grafted vines began to bear fruit, giving Riesling cultivation a more prominent place at the Clos. We suspect that in the 1950s and 1960s, Riesling ripening wasn’t as evident in every vintage, but today, benefiting from the cooler, late-ripening climate of the Windsbuhl is a clear advantage for producing elegant and racy wines. The upper part of the Clos, where the soils are shallower and the limestone bedrock lies close to the surface (we struggle to drive stakes into the vineyard!), was planted with Pinot Gris in 1990. We decided to graft these vines with Riesling in 2021, and the result the following year was very interesting: not yet in full production, but with all the characteristics of a 32-year-old vineyard! As usual, Clos Windsbuhl was the last Riesling to be harvested in 2022. The wine fermented very slowly and without interruption to dry in the summer of 2023. Bottled from large oak barrels and on the fine lees.

Colour

Bright golden yellow.

Nose

The 2022 Riesling Clos Windsbuhl is a delicate masterpiece, with apple, peach, chalky notes, honeydew melon, and salted lemon opening the palate. It demands the decanter, then reveals dried ginger and a hint of anise; its complexity is challenging, refreshing, and utterly beguiling.

Palate

Distinctive, very dry, and incredibly taut with crystalline saltiness and razor-sharp acidity, it hits the tongue and immediately sets the saliva flowing. A wine that seems to float over the tongue with coolness and finesse, leaving you wanting another with every glass. Its Burgundian and playful style is pleasantly provocative, and you are practically captivated by its finesse. However, you should summon the necessary patience to pay homage to this long-distance runner, which will mature into a masterpiece of finesse with further maturation. Those impatient enough to open it now are advised to decant it at least a day in advance and enjoy it not too cold from large Burgundy glasses.

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Wine Advocate

Score: 97

Picked very late in the middle of September, the 2022 Clos Windsbuhl Hunawihr Riesling offers a very deep, rich and intense, lime and limestone-driven bouquet that is very distinctive, rich, coolish, fresh and citric. Round and generous on the palate, this is a powerful, complex, very salivating Windsbuhl Riesling with the generosity and finesse (also in terms of acidity) of a grand cru and a lemon-fresh (and bitter) finish The wine is wide and juicy but also refined and fresh in all its minerality. It is also really rich and potent yet not at all driven by alcohol. The salinity is great here and intertwined with tannins and noble bitters. 4,400 bottles 12.46% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in April 2024.
Stephan Reinhardt

Vinous

Score: 96

The 2022 Riesling Clos Windsbuhl is a “bucolic” site, Humbrecht says, surrounded by forest and fields at altitude. It is on rocky Triassic limestone. The wine is slightly flinty and nutty on the nose. The palate is stony, too, taut and bright but flowing like clear spring water, cooling, with ever more citrus coming to the fore. Lemon zestiness and lovely brightness make this mouth-puckeringly tangy and deliciously thrilling. (Bone-Dry)
— Anne Krebiehl MW
Drinking window: 2026 – 2060
Review date: Apr 2024

Producer website: http://www.zindhumbrecht.fr/