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• winetobealive wrote: 90 points

  January 16, 2023 - VinApogée 2023. Stand Chais d'Oeuvre. Très joli. Fumé. Pétrole lié au terroir mais les marqueurs du Pinot Gris sont très légers.

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• chadslater wrote: 89 points

  May 8, 2021 - A wine that I find you can only really have one glass of. Deep yellow, almost brown colour now. Apricots, sweet white fruits. Long legs on the glass showing the 15% alc. had with a sweet lamb curry. Matched ok, just not a wine I could drink a lot of.

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• forceberry wrote: 81 points

  July 29, 2020 - Tasted in a lineup of 10 Rangen Pinot Gris wines. Made from biodynamically farmed, late-harvested and partly botrytized Pinot Gris grapes from the Clos Saint Urbain monopole vineyard in Grand Cru Rangen. Bottled in February 2009. 15% alcohol. 22,5 g/l residual sugar, 6 g/l acidity and pH 3,8.
  
  Medium-deep golden yellow color with a concentrated bronze-colored core. The nose feels very aged, robust and rather tertiary with slightly madeirized aromas of walnuts, some Weetabix, a little bit of spicy wildhoney, light developed notes of caramel, a hint of exotic spices and a touch of fish sauce. The wine feels oily, heavy and ponderous on the palate with slightly oxidative and somewhat ponderous medium-sweet flavors of chopped walnuts, some Weetabix, light umami notes of fish sauce, light poached pear tones, a hint of aggressive bitterness suggesting very ripe grapes and a touch of orange marmalade. The acidity feels noticeably low, making the wine come across as somewhat unbalanced - which is only exacerbated by the rather noticeably hot and boozy alcohol. The finish is long, medium-sweet and quite hot with powerful and quite tertiary flavors of developed nuttiness, some honeyed richness, light grainy notes of Weetabix, a little bit of smoke, a hint of tart green apple and a touch of caramel.
  
  Ugh. A rather aggressive and unbalanced monster wine that feels like it is lacking in freshness and focus. Although the wine seems to be quite high in acidity for a Pinot Gris according to the technical analyses, the overall feel is very heavy and ponderous with noticeably low acidity that gets overwhelmed by the concentrated body and high alcohol. This is just way too monolithic for my taste; it isn't fun to drink on its own and I struggle to come up with anything that this wine could be paired with. Furthermore, it feels like the wine is quite old for its age and already starting to go downhill. I doubt it will benefit from any further aging. Feels incredibly overpriced for the quality at 109€.

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• jfrantz Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 21, 2020 - Deep yellow hue almost going for orange. Apricots on the nose. Butter, herbs and dried fruits on the taste. Might be difficult to pair with food, going to try out with cheese and smoked fish.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  November 5, 2019 - Visit and Tasting at Zind-Humbrecht (Turckheim, France): Full yellow. Mature, creamy Pinot Gris scents. Oily and moderately honeyed ripe yellow peach and pineapple, but then the voluptuousness is cut by flintiness, fine acidity, and late minerality. Long finish. Exotic yet fascinating due to the volcanic soil influence.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type White
• Producer Zind-Humbrecht
• Varietal Pinot Gris
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain
• Country France
• Region Alsace
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Alsace Grand Cru

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