Riesling Clos Häuserer 2018

ZIND-HUMBRECHT

Riesling Clos Häuserer
2018

  • Organic
  • Biodynamic

$65.75

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$ 0.00
Product code
14481247
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$57.20
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Alsace
Appellation
Alsace
Varietal(s)
Riesling 100 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
6,6 g/l
Closure type
Cork
Total acidity
4.3 g/l
PH
3.08
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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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Press reviews

James Suckling

- 96 points -

November 2020 (Vintage 2018)

Very flinty nose that’s still pretty closed, but with aeration, floral and beeswax notes slowly emerge. This has stunning concentration, but is still tightly wound. The acidity makes this extremely straight, but it is so silky, right through the super-long finish. Will be great with lobster in a couple of years. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better from 2022.

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La Revue des vins de France

17.5

Beaucoup d’énergie dans le Clos Häuserer, pur et vibrant, aux saveurs de thé matcha et de brugnon, doté d’une vigoureuse allonge.

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