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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MAOC on 2/25/2019: Faulty - some sort of slight refermentation issue. (671 views) | | | Tasted by Dbrane on 4/18/2015 & rated 90 points: Drinking beautifully now. Golden bronze. Aromatic nose of flowers, lychee, apricots. Some nice sweetness on the palate with good acidity to balance out. Silky and slightly oily textured with commendable depth and freshness. At plateau now. (1350 views) | | | Tasted by HowardNZ on 5/19/2014 & rated 94 points: Dinner at Mike and Cathy's place (Wellington, New Zealand): Colour deep gold. A gorgeous, expressive, perfumed bouquet, that takes me straight to old Alsatian pinot gris. Complex, multi-layered aromas of spice, glycerol, honey, blanched almonds, honeysuckle, pineapple, at times fresh, then savoury. Revisiting it after ninety minutes in the glass, the nose is now more Turkish delight and ginger. In the mouth, there is a lovely texture, all unctuous and viscous. It needs some air to open and is clearly evolved and a little oxidised, but it is still very pure and shows good acidity. Carries its (14%) alcohol well. There is serious fruit weight, depth and power with layers of complex flavours: spice, honey, pineapple, passionfruit, marmalade, toffee, with mushroomy, savoury elements. Very long, finishes dry and notes of honey and spice. Right in its prime now but should have at least another 10 years in its window. Thanks to Mike and Cathy for this - they saw it on a restaurant list in Singapore and brought it home! (2779 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 7/27/2013 & rated 94 points: Baby Shower (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): A wonderful wine, and just a beautiful pairing with deep-fried Soon Hock fish in superior soy sauce. While not quite as complex and developed as the last bottle I had a year back, this was still a show-stopper. It had such a wonderful nose, showing wafts of malt honey and orange blossoms, sweet aromas of dried mangoes and apricots, mandarin oranges, then dried flowers and spice and mineral. Wow. The palate was less showy, but perhaps even more impressive. It had a profound depth, with rich flavours of red apples and mangoes and mandarin oranges - a whole mouthfilling spectrum of fleshy fruit - drizzled with honey and wreathed with orange blossoms on the creamily-textured midpalate. Yet for all that, this was so beautifully balanced and wonderfully integrated that it came across effortlessly elegant, with a crystal clarity that shone through its delicious depth. Quite remarkable really - if you blinked, you could easily missed how deeply-wound and wonderfully complex this wine was. It had a lovely finish too - long, insistent, with toasty bit of spice and mineral winding their way through a linger of honeyed fruits. A great wine, and it is only starting to drink well now - give it a few more years, and it should develop even more complexity and nuance. I loved this. (3998 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 6/9/2012 & rated 95 points: Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain Vertical (Absinthe, Bukit Pasoh): Wow. This was a very special wine. As good as the other Pinot Gris on the night were, this was probably my favourite of the lot. It had a beautiful nose, rather deeper and more developed than the 1995 that preceded it, with strikingly Vouvray-like notes of lanolin and pure red apple aromas arrayed amongst more familiar scents of honey and orange blossoms, sweet flowers and chalky mineral, and then nice, savoury notes of earth and meat and stewed mushrooms. Really complex, lovely stuff - and the palate was even better. It was just incredibly balanced, with a mindblowing purity and clarity to its citrussy grapefruit and lime zest zooming through fleshier flavours of lemon curd and orange. This was streaked with a gentle, yet insistent stream of stony mineral on the midpalate and an intriguingly saline, salted-nut nuance that floated around the whole package. What a complete wine - powerful, supple, complex, yet almost subtle in spite of its expressive flavours, and always punctuated with that amazing balance and definition. This was pitch perfect from its wonderful attack all the way into a long, powerful finish lined with more of those wet stoney mineral notes. A wonderful wine, drinking at peak. What a treat this was. (4102 views) | | | Tasted by kingkanu on 2/17/2012 & rated 92 points: Matts Sommelier celebration and Mums xmas present weekend; 2/17/2012-2/19/2012 (London, UK): This develops after opening, I would recommend at least 30mins of air as it took a little time to get into its stride. Yellow straw coloured, strong legs. Quite a subtle nose with yellow apples and a touch of caramel toffee develops. It's fairly viscous in the mouth. More burnt sugar toffee on the palate, baked apples, baked cream, apricot, a bit of ginger spice and a citrus acidity thats still alive and keeps it quite crisp. A good long and quite dry finish. Not a powerful wine, but elegant and clean, would be great with some lightly spiced east asian dishes. (3676 views) | | | Tasted by markellen.foodies@gmail.com on 11/6/2010 & rated 94 points: @ Mr Chows. David's treat. Golden hued lychee hazelnut with balancing acodity. WOTN. (3032 views) | | | Tasted by JeffGMorris on 5/14/2009 & rated 94 points: Dinner at Blu Seafood, Durham, NC. Dark yellow in color, this was the finest showing yet that I've had for this wine. Full bodied with notes of lemon but dominated by a sense of pure and powerful liqueur de Rangen. Very heady stuff as is typical for Rangen wines that really show the powerful nature of the vineyard. Shows the upfront fruit typical of 1990. Extremely long on the finish. Probably not for everyone but to me a terrific showing and a captivating wine. 50+13+13+9+9 = 94 (1955 views) | | | Tasted by JeffGMorris on 10/7/2006 & rated 90 points: Dinner at Charles Morgan's flat (Kensington, London, UK): Light gold in the glass, this medium + bodied wine showed smoke, minerals and peat, followed by a medium length finish. While really good it was missing the extra something that has made previous bottles really stand out. Travel shock? Slightly off bottle? Not sure. 50+12+12+8+8 = 90 (2645 views) | | | Tasted by JeffGMorris on 6/4/2005: Opened by Dena while I was in Europe on business. (1956 views) | | | Tasted by JeffGMorris on 11/24/2004 & rated 92 points: Dinner at Jackie & Mike's house. Medium yellow in color with a medium bodied personality that blossomed over a period of 3 hours. Rangen-typical minerals, flint, peat and earth along with yellow fruits in a very refined and elegant package. Great balance to this wine that drinks younger that it's 14 years would suggest. 50+13+13+8+8 = 92. (1987 views) |
| By Ian D'Agata
Vinous, Zind-Humbrecht’s Pinot Gris Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de Thann 1983-2013 (Jun 2016) (6/1/2016)
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| 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)Pinot GrisFrom Pinot Gris Wikipedia entry:
Wines made from the Pinot gris vary greatly and are dependent on the region and wine making style they are from. Alsatian Pinot gris are medium to full bodied wines with a rich, somewhat floral bouquet. They tend to be spicy in comparisons with other Pinot gris. While most Pinot gris are meant to be consumed early, Alsatian Pinot gris can age well. German Pinot gris are more full-bodied with a balance of acidity and slight sweetness. In Oregon the wines are medium bodied with a yellow to copper-pink color and aromas of pear, apple, and/or melon. In California, the Pinot gris are more light bodied with a crisp, refreshing taste with some pepper and arugula notes. The Pinot grigio style of Italy is a light-bodied, often lean wine that is light in color with sometimes spritzy flavors that can be crisp and acidic. Although this wine can be very sweet, it will begin to lose its acidity when it is nearly ripe.
Pinot gris is considered an "early to market wine" that can be bottled and out on the market within 4–12 weeks after fermentation.
Varietal character (Appellation America)
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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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