ZIND-HUMBRECHT
Riesling
2014
- Organic
- Biodynamic
About this winery
Olivier Humbrecht is one of the world's most renowned winegrowers. He is a Master of Wine and has been described by Robert Parker as the greatest white winemaker on earth. Yet he is very soft spoken, humble, and self-deprecating, which makes him perfectly suited to his assumed role as a global ambassador of wine. He is a champion of terroir, biodynamic farming principles, and non-interventionist winemaking, whose family have been winegrowers in Alsace for 12 generations (since 1620). He is...
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Product notes
Bottling date: 02/2016; Alcohol: 12° alc; Residual sweetness: 6.1 g/l; Total Acidity 5.1 g/l H2SO4 pH: 3.0; Yields: 55 hl/ha; Optimum drinking period: 2017-2027; Average age of the vines: 30 years; Terroir: gravely/silt on valley floor; Indice 1. In 2014, a lot of the grapes that we usually put in our Riesling Herrenweg were used to produce this wine. They mostly come from the southern side of the valley where the gravels and pebbles are partially covered with some finer elements (silt). The soil is therefore slightly richer, suffers less from droughts and the Riesling can build up a nice acidity. The cooler end of season explains a slightly lower alcohol level and higher acidity which is astonishing considering the precocity of the bud-break and flowering. The grapes were harvested in good condition and nice health. The fermentation took a year to complete and the wine finished nicely dry.