Zind-Humbrecht | Alsace | Pinot Gris Rotenberg | 2022 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rotenberg 2022 (bio)

(Olivier Humbrecht)

Wine Information

The steep red limestone slopes of the Rotenberg face north-west. The estate owns nearly 2 hectares on the west-facing slope, overlooking the imposing Vosges Mountains, dominated here by the large medieval Hohlandsbourg Castle. (Climbing the ramparts of this fully restored castle offers a breathtaking 360° view of the Alsatian valley floor, the vineyards, and the mountains, and on clear days, you can even see the Alps.) This vineyard, which enjoys a late sunrise and early sunset, is able to maintain good acidity and structure in every vintage. In the past, it has produced amazing late-ripening vintages, even in late-ripening vintages. Today, the harvest takes place much earlier, and the grapes possess a balance that allows for the production of racy, dry wines, which the 2022 vintage perfectly demonstrates.

Colour

Bright and intense golden yellow.

Nose

The 2022 Pinot Gris Rotenberg presents itself with extremely exciting aromas; citrus fruits, lemon balm, bergamot, and a variety of herbs merge into notes of juicy quince and apple. It hints at an incomparable juiciness and intensity that is simultaneously invigorating and characterized by distinct minerality and depth.

Palate

On the tongue, this Pinot Gris is fantastically invigorating; the fruity and salty components intertwine wonderfully, leaving a striking impression in the long finish. A truly inspiring wine, full of playfulness and complexity, with a powerful acidity, fruit, and spice, and a long finish. At the very beginning of its development, it will continue to develop fantastically over the next few years. Anyone who wants to enjoy it now should definitely decant it over several hours and serve it in a sufficiently large glass. A few days of opening will allow it to gain more expression.

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Wine Advocate

Score: 95

From 41-year-old, 33 hectoliters per hectare-yielding vines on red limestone soils from the Oligocene, the dark golden-colored 2022 Rotenberg Wintzenheim Pinot Gris opens with a remarkably fragrant, pure, refined, saline and rocky bouquet of ripe and concentrated white and yellow seed fruits, crushed limestones and lemony nuances. Round, vital and very elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied, intense yet refined Pinot Gris that reveals a saline, savory and finely tannic finish with noble bitters and delicate fruit aromas. Bottled with 0.5 grams per liter of residual sugar, this is an analytically bone dry but sensorial ample, rich and complex Pinot with a long, mineral finish. The tannins are fine and well integrated and perfectly intermingled with the precise limestone acidity. This is an extraordinary Pinot Gris that was bottled with 13.15% alcohol in January 2024. Natural cork. Tasted in November 2024.
The Pinot Gris is eventually even better than the excellent Auxerrois from this cru. “The steep red limestone slopes of the Rotenberg turn from full north facing to west facing,” explains Olivier Humbrecht whose family domaine owns almost two hectares under vine on the west-facing part, looking at the Vosges mountains. “Enjoying a late sunrise and early sunset, this vineyard is capable of retaining good acidity and structure every vintage. It was also capable in the past, in late-ripening vintages, to produce amazing Vendanges Tardives. Today, the harvest is much earlier, and the grapes possess a balance that allows for the production of racy dry wines.”
Stephan Reinhardt

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