Pinot Blanc 2020

ZIND-HUMBRECHT

Pinot Blanc
2020

  • Organic
  • Biodynamic
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Alsace
Appellation
Alsace
Varietal(s)
Pinot Auxerrois 65 %
Pinot Blanc 35 %
Alcohol percentage
13.1%
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
2.7 g/l
Total acidity
2.7 g/l
PH
3.6
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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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Tasting notes

70% Auxerois and 30% Pinot Blanc, sourced from the Herrenweg Vineyard in the village of Turckheim and the Rotenberg vineyard in the village of Wintzenheim. The average age of the vines is 36 years old and planted on Oligocene Calcareous and gravely soils. All natural fermentation, grapes were picked at ripeness level that would allow a dry finished wine. The alc% is 12.8 and it is an indice level 1.