Zind-Humbrecht | Alsace | Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Trie Speciale, Sélection de Grains Nobles | 2006 | 375ml

Description

Product description for Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Trie Speciale, Sélection de Grains Nobles 2006

Christina Hilker: On the nose, the 2006 Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Sélection de Grains Nobles Trie Speciale displays incredible intensity. Aromas of toffee, malt, roasted and caramelized nuts, maple syrup, candied dates, and figs mingle with the scent of freshly brewed coffee, dark tobacco, wet earth, pine needles, and fallen leaves.

Colour

Mahogany with golden reflections.

Nose

On the nose, the 2006 Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Sélection de Grains Nobles Trie Speciale displays incredible intensity. Aromas of toffee, malt, roasted and caramelized nuts, maple syrup, candied dates, and figs mingle with the scent of freshly brewed coffee, dark tobacco, wet earth, pine needles, and foliage.

Palate

As the nose suggests, the 2006 Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Sélection de Grains Nobles Trie Speciale is a sweet wine in a class of its own. It’s distinguished not only by its incredibly concentrated sweetness and multifaceted, exciting aroma, but also by its complex acidity, minerality, and striking tannin structure. Liquid gold, with tremendous aging potential!

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Vinous

Score: 95+

(for 375 ml.; 6.8% alcohol, with 333 g/l r.s.) Dark orange-brown. Stewed orange, honey, molasses and medicinal herbs on the high-toned nose. Hugely concentrated, glyceral, honeyed and sweet but with racy acidity giving energy to the mid-palate. The endless, thick finish stains the palate with honey and resin. (I also tasted the 2007 version, which was still in oak, and though I thought it might ultimately top this 2006 in sheer material, it still had too much baby fat to assess with confidence and will need much time to absorb its spicy oak; the dark orange-colored 2007 Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl Selection de Grains Nobles Trie Speciale, also incredibly concentrated and also tasted prior to bottling, showed racier acidity and a lighter touch, finishing with more lift.)
— Stephen Tanzer
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Review date: Nov 2010

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