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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2028 (based on 65 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by chatters on 3/6/2024: First Wednesday Wine Club (Bella Puglia, Five Dock): "Turkich delight, sweet spice, lychess are more concentrated here. Fleshy rather than juicy, dense, rich, concentrated turkish delight, honey, rose petal. Long
Better quality Alsace Gerwurz, young and probably from the same vintage
" (163 views) | | | Tasted by gregorcb on 2/9/2024 & rated 90 points: 2019 Zind-Humbrecht Gewürtztraminer
APPEARANCE
This is a pale gold wine.
NOSE
On the nose, the wine has pronounced aromas of lychee, white blossom, rose water, . The wine is developing.
PALATE
Structurally, the wine is dry and has medium+ body, moderate alcohol, and low acid. It has a notable soft and oily texture.
The wine shines on the palate, showing medium+ intensity and flavors of fresh lychee, white blossom, cream, orange flower water, white pepper, allspice, lemon curd, latex, and honey in addition to the other aromas found on the nose. The wine has a medium finish, with mostly the lychee flavors lingering.
QUALITY
The wine is balanced, with strong concentration of flavor and aromas, and some points for complexity and finish. There are some basic tertiary aromas, but they are rather faint, and the finish is medium but could be longer. Though it’s difficult with a low-acid grape, additional acidity would improve the balance. As is common for wines with pronounced floral aromas, the intensity on the palate struggles to match the intensity of the nose. It is of good quality.
AGING POTENTIAL
This wine is delicious now and may continue to evolve in complexity for a few more years, but the acid structure is not conducive to long term aging.
Paired exquisitely with korma.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (160 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 10/19/2023 & rated 85 points: This is a deceiving wine. Inviting aromas of lychees, gooseberries, stonefruit, and white flowers are laced by a kiss of botrytis. The palate, however, is slightly off, lacking sufficient cut and brightness, making this come across as heavy and clunky. A shame. (142 views) | | | Tasted by corka on 10/5/2023 & rated 91 points: Very floral nose combined with notes of honey and orange blossom, highly viscus, and a bit of heat on the back. This is a very interesting wine that is extremely aromatic and quite unique. A fun wine to add to a tasting lineup. First bottle of a case I purchased nearly 2 yrs ago. I hope to space them out over the next decade to see how they evolve. (225 views) | | | Tasted by snamnoum@gmail.com on 11/14/2022 & rated 87 points: Appearance: honey colored
Nose: smells like a Sauternes, lychee, apple pie, candied apricot, white flowers, honey, overripe pear. Faint whiff of grapefruit.
Taste: big fruit upfront, followed by a touch of acidity and a pretty abrupt finish. Really big and somewhat flabby for Alsace. Must have been a warm year given the alcohol north of 14%.
Overall: Enjoyable wine but lacking in balance due to big fruit and insufficient acidity to reign it in. (361 views) | | | Tasted by Michael Hung on 4/16/2022 & rated 90 points: Med lemon. Pronounced intensity, lychee, melon, muscat, lemon zest, pear, apricot, elderflower, petrol, ginger, white pepper.
Med+ acid, off dry, med body, med alcohol, med+ finish. Reductive PnP, needs some time (30+ min) to open up as it is immediately dominated by petrol and muted fruit. The nose is unbelievable, with the palette catching up about a hour later. Acid holds back the sweetness and comes off as an off dry gewurztraminer. Fairly complexed and already showing tertiary notes already indicating this can definitely go further. Can open now with some air or hold for another 2-3 years with upside. 89-90+ pts (447 views) | | | Tasted by crcarlson on 10/24/2021 & rated 86 points: clean
clear gold
Lychee, orange blossom, hint of grapefruit
off dry
Medium minus acid
Medium alcohol
Orange peel, lychee and a hint of phenolic bitterness on the finish
Hint of dissolved CO2
The aromas are magical, but not enough acid to lift up the structure. Warm year?
~$24 as tasted (508 views) |
| Zind-Humbrecht Producer website
Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is one of the stars of the Alsace, in the northeastern corner of France. Fought over for decades by Germany and France, the region, according to Robert M. Parker Jr., “is perhaps the most underrated and underutilized source of great white wines in the world.” Zind-Humbrecht was created in 1959 by Leonard Humbrecht and Genevieve Zind. Their son Olivier is now instrumental in running the 99-acre estate, which the family still owns. Like many Alsatian producers, Zind-Humbrecht makes white wines in varying degrees of sweetness, from dessert whites to very dry wines. The vineyards are planted to 30% Riesling, 30% Gewurztraminer, 29% Pinot Gris, and smaller amounts of Pinot Noir, Muscat, Chardonnay, Auxerrois and Pinot Blanc. Up to 18,000 cases are produced annually. Many are Grand Crus and single vineyard bottlings.
Other links: Producer web profile on thewinedoctor.com | Importer: The Sorting Table | Distributor: WineBow
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Gewürztraminer Varietal Character (Appellation America)France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comAlsace Vins d'Alsace (Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins d'Alsace)
Please see the AlsaceEntryGuide for more information how the wines of Alsace are entered and organized in CellarTracker.
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